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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2023
Applicant:
United States Pipe and Foundry Company, Llc, Birmingham, AL (US);
Inventors:
Cameron Anderson Corcoran, Trussville, AL (US);
Jerry Gregory Key, Bessemer, AL (US);
Jay Derek Caston, Birmingham, AL (US);
Assignee:
United States Pipe and Foundry Company, LLC, Birmingham, AL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 21/08 (2006.01); F16L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 21/08 (2013.01); F16L 21/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pipe joint having a compound locking ring is disclosed herein. The pipe joint bell has a segment cavity into which ring segments may be inserted through a slot on the face or outer surface of the bell end of a first pipe. The locking ring has multiple ring segments, each segment having an arcuate outer surface. The outer surface may be a compound surface of multiple arcs.