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Method and apparatus for making a joint for steel tubes

US4641410A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 22, 1985
Grant dateFeb 10, 1987
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49771
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention concerns a new threaded joint for steel tubes, usable in particular in the petroleum industry, which contains a female element equipped with conical threads having an internal screw stop mating and a male element correspondingly threaded with a screw stop having a form corresponding to the female element. The male element stop and the female element stop are each manufactured by cold working using a tool capable of engaging in or on the threads of the corresponding element.

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