Composite pipe assembly
AssigneeCrompton Technology Group Limited
InventorDale Faulkner
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Abstract
A pipe assembly comprising a composite pipe, and end connector provided at an end of the pipe, and means for providing a visual indication of impact damage to the pipe, the means for providing a visual indication of impact damage to the pipe comprising a thin sleeve mounted around, but spaced from, a pipe body of the composite pipe, whereby at each end of the pipe body, the pipe body, the sleeve and the end connector are preferably sealingly fitted together, and wherein the sleeve is configured to provide a visual indication indicative of an impact acting on the sleeve even if the impact does not reach the pipe body.
Claims10
A pipe assembly comprising a composite pipe, and end fitting provided at an end of the pipe, and means for providing a visual indication of impact damage to the pipe, the means for providing a visual indication of impact damage to the pipe comprising a thin sleeve mounted around, but spaced from, a pipe body of the composite pipe, whereby at each end of the pipe body, the pipe body, the sleeve and the end fitting are fitted together, and wherein the sleeve is configured to provide a visual indication indicative that an impact has acted on the sleeve even if the impact did not reach the pipe body;
- wherein the sleeve includes a paper liner between the pipe and an outer sleeve.
A pipe assembly comprising a composite pipe, and end fitting provided at an end of the pipe, and means for providing a visual indication of impact damage to the pipe, the means for providing a visual indication of impact damage to the pipe comprising a thin sleeve mounted around, but spaced from, a pipe body of the composite pipe, whereby at each end of the pipe body, the pipe body, the sleeve and the end fitting are fitted together, and wherein the sleeve is configured to provide a visual indication indicative that an impact has acted on the sleeve even if the impact did not reach the pipe body;
- wherein the sleeve is a double-walled sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.