Pipe Coupling System and Methods of Use Thereof

Abstract

A pipe coupling system for joining a first pipe to a second pipe, the system having: a fitting having a first opening at a first end, a threaded portion, and an interior channel, the first opening capable of receiving the first pipe, a nut having a nut opening and a threaded portion, the nut opening capable of receiving the first pipe, and a sealing member having a seal opening, the sealing member capable of receiving the first pipe and being deformed by a compression force, the threaded portion of the nut capable of screwing onto the threaded portion of the fitting thereby applying a compression force onto the sealing member, the interior channel capable of receiving the sealing member, the sealing member capable of sealing a gap between the fitting and the first pipe and/or gripping the first pipe thereby securing the first pipe to the coupling system.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.