Pipe thread protector with removable end member and interference-fit protrusion

A pipe thread protector assembly comprising:

• a tubular body shaped to protect a threaded end portion of a pipe or a pipe coupling and receive a cylindrical member therethrough for drifting the pipe, the tubular body having an inner end, an outer end, and an inner surface along which extends threading from the inner end thereof towards the outer end thereof;
• an impact-absorbing end member connecting to and extending laterally across the tubular body, the end member being selectively removable from the tubular body and the end member being shaped to inhibit inward deformation of the tubular body;
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• a protrusion coupled to and extending radially inwards from the inner surface of the tubular body adjacent the threading of the tubular body, whereby the protrusion is configured to deform upon rotatably coupling the tubular body to a male threaded end portion of the pipe, with the protrusion so deformed inhibiting removal of the pipe from the tubular body thereafter.

A pipe thread protector assembly comprising:

• a tubular body shaped to protect a threaded end portion of a pipe or a pipe coupling and receive a cylindrical member therethrough for drifting the pipe;
• an impact-absorbing end member connecting to and extending laterally across the tubular body, the end member being selectively removable from the tubular body and the end member being shaped to inhibit inward deformation of the tubular body;
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• longitudinally spaced-apart first and second seals, the first seal being positioned between the tubular body and the end member and the second seal being positionable between the tubular body and the pipe.