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Pipe section provided with a socket end part

US7748754B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 2005
Grant dateJul 6, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L47/065
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pipe section provided with a socket end part for accommodating a spigot end part of a second pipe section, the spigot end part having a sealing ring and the socket end part configured with an obliquely tapered part having areas of varying dimension for deforming the sealing ring to differing extent along the circumference of the sealing ring when the socket end part engages the spigot end part.

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