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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Single Buoy Moorings, Inc. (Switzerland Corporation), Marly, CH;
Inventors:
Jack Pollack, Houston, TX (US);
David C. Riggs, Coppell, TX (US);
Assignee:
Single Buoy Moorings, Inc., Marly, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/042 (2006.01); F16L 15/00 (2006.01); F16L 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/042 (2013.01); F16L 15/004 (2013.01); F16L 15/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a pipe joint where two pipe sections () have threadably engaged end potions (), joint ends () are substantially sealed to each other by a sealing surface () on one pipe section that substantially abuts a sealing surface () on the other pipe section. In one joint, a ring-shaped cutout(, FIG.) is formed in a first pipe section and a ring-shaped spacer () is located in the cutout. The spacer is chosen from several that have slightly different lengths so the spacer ends contacts the corresponding sealing surface().