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Arrangement for the connection of tubes

US5054951A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 10, 1990
Grant dateOct 8, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 10, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/557
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A mechanical connection arrangement for tubes arranged alongside or after one another comprises a coupling ring or coupling piece (5,9) positioned at the end of the tube and surrounding the tube, a profiled rod (8) of constant cross-section facing inwards from the end of the tube (1,2), and at least one attachment device (6,7) arranged in the wall of the tube and at a certain distance from its end so executed as to engage with and to force the profiled rod (8) into contact with the internal surface of the tube (1,2) at contact points along two narrow contact lines or contact areas (14,15) running in the longitudinal sense of the tube (1,2).

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