Threaded pipe connections and sockets for making the same in situ

A pipe socket for making a threaded pipe connection, comprising:

• a socket body defining a threaded portion, a cavity and a stop;
• a plurality of O-rings positioned within the cavity;
• and
• a plurality of interrupted series of tapping threads defined on an internal surface of the socket body in the threaded portion,
• wherein the cavity is configured to receive a pipe and the stop is configured to stop the pipe received within the cavity,
• wherein each of the interrupted series of tapping threads is circumferentially equidistant from each of the adjacent interrupted series of tapping threads,
• wherein each of the interrupted series of tapping threads comprises threads arranged axially on the internal surface of the socket body for forming pipe threads on the pipe received within the cavity, and
• further wherein the socket body is configured as a valve body for a valve assembly in contact with the pipe received within the cavity.

A threaded pipe connection, comprising:

• a socket body defining a threaded portion, a cavity and a stop;
• an O-ring positioned within the cavity;
• a plurality of interrupted series of tapping threads defined on an internal surface of the socket body in the threaded portion;
• and
• a pipe received within the cavity that comprises an end in contact with or proximate to the stop,
• wherein each of the interrupted series of tapping threads is circumferentially equidistant from each of the adjacent interrupted series of tapping threads,
• wherein each of the interrupted series of tapping threads comprises threads arranged axially on the internal surface of the socket body for forming pipe threads on the pipe received within the cavity, and
• further wherein the socket body is configured as a valve body for a valve assembly in contact with the pipe received within the cavity.

A pipe socket for making a threaded pipe connection, comprising:

• a socket body defining a threaded portion, a cavity and a stop;
• an O-ring positioned within the cavity;
• and
• a plurality of interrupted series of tapping threads defined on an internal surface of the socket body in the threaded portion,
• wherein the cavity is configured to receive a pipe and the stop is configured to stop the pipe received within the cavity,
• wherein each of the interrupted series of tapping threads is circumferentially spaced equidistant from each of the adjacent interrupted series of tapping threads,
• wherein each of the interrupted series of tapping threads comprises threads arranged axially on the internal surface of the socket body for forming pipe threads on the pipe received within the cavity,
• wherein the O-ring is positioned adjacent to the stop such that an end of the pipe received within the cavity compresses the O-ring against the stop, and
• further wherein the stop is tapered such that the end of the pipe received within the cavity compresses the O-ring against the stop and displaces a portion of the O-ring in contact with an outer surface of the pipe.

A pipe socket for making a threaded pipe connection, comprising:

• a socket body defining a threaded portion, a cavity and a stop;
• an O-ring positioned within the cavity;
• and
• a plurality of interrupted series of tapping threads defined on an internal surface of the socket body in the threaded portion,
• wherein the cavity is configured to receive a pipe and the stop is configured to stop the pipe received within the cavity,
• wherein each of the interrupted series of tapping threads is circumferentially spaced equidistant from each of the adjacent interrupted series of tapping threads,
• wherein each of the interrupted series of tapping threads comprises threads arranged axially on the internal surface of the socket body for forming pipe threads on the pipe received within the cavity, and
• further wherein the O-ring is positioned in a recess within the internal surface of the socket body proximate to the threaded portion such that an outer surface of the pipe received within the cavity compresses the O-ring upon insertion of the pipe into the cavity.