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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2018
Applicant:
North American Pipe Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Joshua E. Clapper, Downingtown, PA (US);
Dmitry Yashin, Haverford, PA (US);
Roy L. Dean, Schwenksville, PA (US);
Assignee:
NORTH AMERICAN PIPE CORPORATION, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/088 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/088 (2013.01); F16L 2201/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pipe system includes a tubular body with an axis, a bore that is axial and a retainer groove formed in the bore of the tubular body. A retainer is mounted in the retainer groove. An entirety of the retainer is both axially movable and radially movable relative to the retainer groove during formation of a pipe assembly with a pipe in the bore.