Pipe connection with split swivel ring
AssigneeFreudenberg Oil & Gas, LLC
InventorsHanif Nazari, Finn Fredriksen
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Abstract
A pipe connection swivel joint assembly includes a pipe member having an end flange with a conical proximal surface. A split ring assembly includes a pair of swivel ring halves each having a conical inner surface disposed against the conical proximal surface of the pipe member. The pair of swivel ring halves further include a plurality of mounting holes extending axially through the pair of swivel ring halves and a plurality of ring fastening holes. An outer ring is connected to the pair of swivel ring halves by a plurality of split ring fasteners engaged with the plurality of ring fastening holes. The outer ring supports a pair of distance plates that are disposed between opposing ends of the pair of swivel ring halves.
Claims3
A pipe connection swivel joint assembly, comprising:
- a pipe member having an end flange with a conical proximal surface;
- a split ring assembly including a pair of swivel ring halves each having a conical inner surface disposed against the conical proximal surface of the pipe member, the pair of swivel ring halves further including a plurality of mounting holes extending axially through the pair of swivel ring halves and a plurality of ring fastening holes;
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- an outer ring connected to the pair of swivel ring halves by a plurality of split ring fasteners engaged with the plurality of ring fastening holes, the outer ring supports a pair of distance plates that are disposed between opposing ends of the pair of swivel ring halves.
A pipe connection swivel joint assembly, comprising:
- a pipe member having an end flange with a conical proximal surface;
- a split ring assembly including a pair of swivel ring halves each having a conical inner surface disposed against the conical proximal surface of the pipe member, the pair of swivel ring halves further including a plurality of mounting holes extending axially through the pair of swivel ring halves and a plurality of ring fastening holes;
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- an outer ring connected to the pair of swivel ring halves by a plurality of split ring fasteners engaged with the plurality of ring fastening holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.