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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. 23, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Samuel O Colgate, Gainesville, FL (US);
Grant M Schrag, Gainesville, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285332 ; 285333 ; 2853322 ; 2853324 ; 285910 ; 2772 / ; 2772 / ; 220304 ;
Abstract
Gasket apparatus and hermetically sealed joints employing the apparatus are provided wherein a tapered male member and a tapered female member are joined and a substantially hermetic seal is created around a predetermined circumferential zone between the male member and the female member by a gasket disposed to have a protrusion thereon at the predetermined zone to engage one of the male or female members to concentrate the sealing forces for making up the joint at that zone.