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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. 18, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
John D Guest, Bray, Maidenhead, Berkshire, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285305 ; 285321 ; 285322 ; 411517 ;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a grab ring for locking a cylindrical component in a bore in another component. The ring may formed of L-shaped cross-section, one limb of which is part cylindrical form and the other limb of which extends radially with respect to the part cylindrical rim. The free edge of the radial limb has a multiplicity of teeth formed integrally with the rim and projecting outwardly therefrom at an oblique angle to allow the ring to slide past a bore ring component in one direction but to grip in the bore in the opposite direction.