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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1986
Filed:
May. 09, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bobby J Reneau, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Gripper, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285 24 ; 285263 ; 285315 ; 285313 ; 285920 ; 285 81 ; 285261 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for connecting together a ball and a cup wherein the ball has mounted thereover a hydraulic flange assembly which includes extendable guide arms which extend outwardly for initial centering of the ball in alignment with the cup and includes a mechanism for pulling the ball into the cup. After the ball is fully aligned within the cup, radial latching segments move down and finally latch the ball and cup together. The entire apparatus is hydraulically operated such that it may be used for diverless connections of flowline portions together.