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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. 21, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward P Shields, North Huntingdon, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
376203 ; 285302 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for sealing the seam between two conduits which includes two cooperatively threaded members for applying relative axial clamping forces to the conduits. When the two cooperatively threaded members are relatively rotated, they apply relative axial force to the conduits thereby causing a sealing means to be disposed in tight contact between the conduits.