Permitting two adjacent pipe lengths to be joined together
US5967698A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 4, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 4, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C66/71
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for permitting the joining together of two adjacent pipe lengths with adjacent ends curving with substantially the same sense, the method comprising rotating the end of one of the pipe lengths about its axis until it curves in substantially the opposite sense to the curve of the adjacent end of the other pipe length.
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