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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2000
Robert Stanley McFarland, County Down, GB;
Norman Andrew Logan, County Down, GB;
Richard William Henry Kee, Strabane, GB;
Munster Simms Engineering Limited, County Down, IR;
Abstract
A pipe connection has a coupling with one or more socket ends, the or each of which is defined by a circumferential wall surround in which a plurality of four spaced apertures are provided. An annular seal is provided at the inner end of the or each socket end. A collet is provided for location in the or each socket end, the or each collet has a corresponding plurality of four spaced resiliently mounted legs. The legs are co-parallel with the axis of the collet and has similar barb portions each to enter and be held in a corresponding aperture of the respective socket end whereby to hold the collet and therefore the seal in portion in the or each socket end.