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US 2017/0284573 A1Published application
Locking pipe joint device with indicator
AssigneeQuick Fitting, Inc.
InventorsDavid B. Crompton, Libardo Ochoa Dias, Herbert J. Bouchard
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Abstract
A locking pipe joint assembly, device and method can employ a center body connector, one or more sealing elements, a shoe gland, an indicator ring and a retaining cap. In embodiments, a bolt element and a nut element are provided for securing the retaining cap to the center body connector and compressing a packing assembly therein.
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A locking joint device, comprising:
- a center body connector having an interior surface forming a cavity extending axially therethrough;
- at least one retaining cap having an inner surface forming a retaining cap opening extending axially therethrough, wherein the retaining cap has a body with an axially inner portion having a notch and a ledge formed therein, and wherein the ledge is adapted to slidingly engage the interior surface of the center body connector;
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- a first packing arrangement secured between the axially inner portion of the at least one retaining cap and the body connector interior surface, wherein the first packing arrangement includes a shoe gland having an outer sloped edge in sliding engagement with the retaining cap axially inner portion, and wherein the shoe gland further includes an intermediate surface in sliding engagement with the center body connector interior surface.
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A locking joint device, comprising:
- a center body connector having an interior surface forming a cavity extending axially therethrough, with the center body connector further including a first axial end wall segment;
- a first retaining cap having an inner surface forming a retaining cap opening extending axially therethrough, wherein the retaining cap has a body with an axially inner portion having a notch and a ledge formed therein, and wherein the ledge is adapted to slidingly engage the interior surface of the center body connector;
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- a first packing arrangement secured between the axially inner portion of the first retaining cap and the body connector interior surface, wherein the first packing arrangement includes a flexible indicator ring secured between the axially inner portion of the retaining cap and the first axial end wall segment of the center body connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.