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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:
Feb. 07, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
William S Cowan, West University Place, TX (US);
Assignee:
Armco Inc., Middletown, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285-3 ; 285-4 ; 285 18 ; 285 85 ; 285315 ; 285317 ; 285D / ; 166340 ; 294266 ;
Abstract
A remotely releasable connector for a pair of pipes including first and second sets of engageable threads on the first and second pipes, first and second aligned recesses on the exterior of the pipes, a latch received in both recesses to prevent relative rotation of the pipes, and a release ring supported around the exterior of the pipes and longitudinally movable therealong to engage the latch to remove it from the locking position.