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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 1978
Filed:
May. 28, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Horace P Halling, Laurel, MD (US);
Bernard J Sadoff, Jr, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Pressure Science Incorporated, Beltsville, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285165 ; 285263 ; 2853344 ; 285D / ;
Abstract
A flexible piping joint in the form of a fluid-tight coupling and sealing apparatus for two tubes having high pressure fluid flowing therethrough, the joint having angular, axial and rotational flexibility and comprising a metallic, resilient annular sealing element on the first tube in an interference fit with the interior surface of the second tube, and a guiding mechanism for maintaining the intersection point of the tubes' centerlines during angular misalignment in the plane containing the line of contact of the sealing element and the interior surface of the second tube.