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US 2018/0023742 A1Published application
Connectors For Sleeved Pipe Couplings
AssigneeAcorn Intellectual Properties Limited
InventorsAlexander Wood, Jonathan Clackett
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AssigneeAcorn Intellectual Properties Limited
InventorsAlexander Wood, Jonathan Clackett
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This invention relates to a connector (10) comprising an elongate main body (12) comprising a plurality of sub-units (14) interconnected by a support wire (30) located radially outwardly, in use, of the sub-units (14), wherein the sub-units (14) are shaped such that the connector can be bent to form a loop having an at least part-circular interior (24) or exterior (20) surface. The connector is suitable for use in a sleeved pipe coupling in which the connector (10) is slidably insertable into a channel formed by aligned circumferential grooves formed on an exterior surface of a pipe and an interior surface of a sleeve. The at least part-circular interior and/or exterior surface (20, 24) may aid the formation of a seal and/or aid distribution of forces between the pipe and sleeve, in use.
A connector comprising an elongate main body comprising a plurality of interconnected sub-units, wherein the sub-units are shaped such that the connector can be bent to form a loop having an at least part-circular interior and/or exterior surface, the shape of at least some of the sub-units comprising a substantially annular sector prism, and wherein the sub-units are interconnected by bonding them to a support strip located radially outwardly, in use, of the sub-units.
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