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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Mueller International, Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Peter Joseph Vandal, Providence, RI (US);
Douglas Compton, Headland, AL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 17/00 (2006.01); F16L 21/02 (2006.01); F16L 17/04 (2006.01); F16L 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 21/02 (2013.01); F16L 17/04 (2013.01); F16L 21/06 (2013.01); F16L 21/065 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49872 (2015.01); Y10T 137/0447 (2015.04);
Abstract
Couplings and gaskets are disclosed. Couplings may include an upper housing, a lower housing, at least one fastening device coupling the upper housing to the lower housing, and a gasket positioned within the upper and lower housings, the gasket including two primary seals and a rib protruding from an inner surface of the gasket and between the two primary seals.