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US 11,506,320 B2Granted
Connection device for pipe elements
AssigneeAbn Pipe Systems, S.L.U.
InventorsJavier Antonio Vazquez Sanchez, David Rosa Ariza, Alberto Martinez Perez
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Abstract
A connection device for plastic pipe elements (1) which allows performing pre-assembly and being finally assembled without requiring skilled labor, having a pipe element (1) with at least one end, a plastic connection element (2) which is connected to an outer surface of the pipe element (1) through the end, which has a resistance wire (3) wound on the outer surface of the pipe element (1) itself.
Claims11
A connection device for plastic pipe elements, comprising:
- at least one pipe element having one end and an opposite end,
- at least one plastic connection element connected to an outer surface of said at least one pipe element through said one end, and said plastic connection element having at least an anchoring groove, and
- at least one clamp externally fixed to the pipe element, said clamp having at least one retention element comprising an anchoring flange,
- wherein said opposite end of the pipe element comprises a resistance wire and the one end is devoid of a resistance wire, wherein a segment of the resistance wire is wound around the outer surface of the pipe element, wherein said segment of said resistance wire surrounds a first portion of the at least one pipe element, the first portion comprising a continuous portion of said at least one pipe element that includes all parts of the at least one pipe element around which the resistance wire is wound,
- wherein said resistance wire is wound between the opposite end of the pipe element and a specific distance according to a direction parallel to a generatrix of the pipe element,
- wherein the at least one clamp surrounds a second portion of the at least one pipe element, the second portion including all parts of the at least one pipe element surrounded by the at least one clamp,
- wherein:
- the first portion does not include any part of the second portion, and
- the second portion does not include any part of the first portion.
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