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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:
Mar. 29, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bernard Bioret, Nantes, FR;
Assignee:
ACB, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
138 99 ; 138 97 ;
Abstract
A device for limiting a leak in the event of a rupture in pipework (1, 2), the device being characterized in that it comprises two flanges (4, 5) mounted on the pipework on respective sides of a section (3) of the pipework to be protected, the two flanges being assembled to each other by assembly means (10, 11) including members (12) having axial resilience leaving the duct free to expand axially, each flange including means (6, 7, 8, 9) for securing it axially on the pipework, and being itself constituted merely by two half-collars (5A, 5B) that are assembled together.