Pipe assembly

A pipe assembly comprising a plurality of confronting pipe sections fabricated from resilient plastic material each having a pair of diametrically opposed cord-like slots each formed in its outer surface with a planar land section and spaced a predetermined distance from its end;

• a support sleeve inserting within the end portions of each pipe section and having a circumferential groove formed therein in axial alignment with said slots;
• and a clamp assembly extending over the corresponding end portions of adjacent pipe sections, said clamp assembly including a cylindrical base portion, two shoulder portions extending radially inwardly from said base portion and spaced apart a distance corresponding to the distance between the respective slots of said adjacent pipe sections so that a portion of each shoulder extends in said planar land sections of a corresponding pair of said slots, and means capable of applying a radially inwardly directed force to said shoulder portions to deform said plastic material to conform with said groove such that while said clamping force is maintained said plastic material is forced into said groove and said pipe sections are clamped together.