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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Wilhelmus Hubertus Paulus Maria Heijnen, Nienhagan, DE;
Inventor:
Wilhelmus Hubertus Paulus Maria Heijnen, Nienhagan, DE;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P011/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of connecting a first pipe to a second pipe having an end part fitting into an end part of the first pipe, comprising arranging the end part of the second pipe within the end part of the first pipe, arranging a sleeve of a deformable material between said end parts, and radially expanding the end part of the second pipe towards the end part of the first pipe so as to bias the sleeve between said end parts.