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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2012
Applicants:
Gerald Schneider, Ratingen, DE;
Dieter Beckmann, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, DE;
Volker Ketzer, Essen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Vallourec Deutschland GmbH, Dësseldorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/10 (2006.01); F16L 55/11 (2006.01); F16L 57/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 55/1141 (2013.01); F16L 57/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A closure element for closing the ends of pipes, in particular steel pipes, having a circular base cover whose outer diameter corresponds at most to the outer diameter of the pipe, having a side which faces towards the pipe interior and comprises at least two elastic clamping elements which in the assembled condition are supported on the inner surface of the pipe and clamp the base cover therewith. In order to permit universal usage, the closure element comprises means for selectively adjusting/changing the radial position of the clamping elements on the base cover.