Pipe connector
AssigneePoulton Technologies Limited
InventorsKonrad Goess-Saurau, Rodney Coplestone
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Abstract
An apparatus for connecting two pipes in fluid communication is provided. The apparatus comprises a connector body having opposing open ends, each open end configured for receiving a free end of a pipe; a mechanical interlock arrangement, for preventing or limiting axial movement of the connector body relative to a free end of a pipe when the free end of the pipe is received in an open end of the connector body; and a mechanical seal arrangement for providing a metal-to-metal seal between a pipe inserted into one of said open ends and the connector body.
Claims8
A coupling arrangement for connecting a pipe to a further pipe or a connector, the coupling arrangement comprising:
- a connector body having an open end configured to receive the free end of a pipe;
- a mechanical engagement arrangement configured to prevent or limit axial movement of the connector body relative to the free end of a pipe received in the open end of the connector body;
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- a mechanical seal arrangement configured to provide a metal-to-metal seal between the free end of the pipe and the connector body when the free end of the pipe is received in the open end of the connector body,
- wherein the mechanical seal arrangement includes an annular metallic seal element configured to fit on a free end of a pipe, for use as part of the metal-to-metal seal,
- wherein the coupling arrangement includes a metallic seal surface, arranged for cooperation with the annular metallic seal element, such that the metal-to-metal seal is created between the annular metallic seal element and the metallic seal surface, and
- wherein the connector body comprises one or more apertures defining a plurality of channels or bores through a portion of the connector body, from a front surface of the connector body to a radial internal surface, the radial internal surface being located substantially adjacent the annular metallic seal element in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.