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Screw joint coupling for oil pipes

US4623173A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 5, 1984
Grant dateNov 18, 1986
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Expiry dateSep 5, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L15/00
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A basic structure of a screw joint coupling for oil pipes according to the invention is that a main sealing portion is constructed with a sealing portion formed axially in convex at an end of a male screw, and with a sealing portion formed in taper at an inner side of a female screw, and that the male screw and the female screw are butted at an end point of the former and an end part of a stopper formed at an inner side of the latter. The main sealing portion has a shrinkage allowance .DELTA.D of the seal part, which is regulated in size in a relation between a shrinkage allowance .DELTA.d of the screw and a pressure P of the sealing part. In addition, specific values are selected as to the load flank angle, the radius of curvature in convex of the sealing portion of the male screw, and the tapering angle of the sealing portion of the female screw.

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