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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:
Oct. 10, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul F Rieffle, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Charles E Felker, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Coupling Systems, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285337 ; 285415 ; 285368 ; 285249 ; 285323 ; 285421 ; 285371 ;
Abstract
A pipe coupling is provided having a sleeve with frusto-conical ends, elastomer gaskets fitting in said frusto-conical ends, a follower at each end of the sleeve having a frusto-conical opening, a plurality of generally triangular jaws fitting in said opening, a split, generally cylindrical, ring between the jaws and pipe end engaging both and tightening means acting on each follower.