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Permitting two adjacent pipe lengths to be joined together

US6148864A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 17, 1999
Grant dateNov 21, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 17, 2019

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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