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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. 09, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Donald D Bartholomew, Mt. Clemens, MI (US);
Assignee:
Proprietary Technology, Inc., Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285 23 ; 285 23 ; 285 93 ; 285242 ; 285255 ; 285906 ; 29451 ; 29525 ;
Abstract
A coupling for use with conduits (10) comprise a bi-conical fitting (20) which is inserted into the conduit end, a frusto-conical locking sleeve (22) which is located about the rearward end of the fitting (20) and compressed about the outer wall of the conduit (10).