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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1988
Peter Kunz, Schaffhausen, CH;
Georg Fisher AG, , US;
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing a welded connection of tubular components of thermoplastic material includes a bracing device and a heating device to be inserted into the tubular components. The heating device has an expandable hollow body, in the interior of which are arranged an electric heating element and a liquid which expands when heated. When the heating device is heated, the hollow body rests against the ends of the tubular components to be welded together and the necessary welding temperature is transmitted to these components. Since the hollow body rests against the inner circumference of the tubular components, the formation of a welding bead is prevented. After welding has been carried out, the hollow body which has cooled and shrunk is removed by means of a traction strand.