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Press fitting for a pipe joint and method for its manufacture

US11703168B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

UPONOR INNOVATION AB · SE

Inventors

Stephan Müller · Monheim, DE
Rainer Dittmar · Schweinfurt, DE
Jörg Clauβen · Havixbeck, DE
Maik Altmann · Zeil am Main, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 4, 2019
Grant date	Jul 18, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 4, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16L2201/60
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A press fitting for a pipe connection is provided. The press fitting includes a fitting body for connecting the press fitting to a pipe, a press sleeve fixed to the fitting body and having a substantially cylindrical pressing portion and at least one projecting element which delimits the substantially cylindrical pressing portion in the axial direction, and a tubular banderole which surrounds the substantially cylindrical pressing region of the pressing sleeve, wherein the tubular banderole is arranged rotatably relative to a surface of the pressing sleeve, is held in the cylindrical pressing region by the at least one projecting element and is at least partially destroyed when the pressing sleeve is pressed with a pressing tool.

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