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US 4,902,048 AGranted
Joint structure for jointing metal pipes at their ends
AssigneeUsui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
InventorKatsushi Washizu
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AssigneeUsui Kokusai Sangyo Kaisha Limited
InventorKatsushi Washizu
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Herein disclosed is a joint structure for jointing the ends of two pipes to each other. One pipe has its one end portion formed with a plurality of slots arrayed circumferentially in its wall and with an inward projecting annular wall or a tapered annular wall positioned axially inside the slots to provide a receiving seat surface facing the other pipe. This other pipe is formed generally at its tip with a reduced annular wall providing a pushing seat surface and with at least one engagement groove positioned axially at the back of the reduced annular wall and extending in the circumference. These two pipes are jointed together by holding the inward projecting or tapered annular wall in abutment against the seat surface of the reduced annular wall, by fastening that one pipe at its portions of the slots in the engagement groove to reduce and deform it.
A joint structure for joining ends of first and second metal pipes, said first pipe having a first annular seating means spaced from the end thereof and defining a smaller cross section than said end, and a plurality of slots arrayed circumferentially in the wall of said first pipe intermediate the end thereof and the first annular seating means;
A joint structure for joining first and second metal pipes adjacent ends thereof, said first pipe having a first annular seating means spaced from the end thereof and defining a smaller cross section than said end, a plurality of slots arrayed circumferentially in the wall of said first pipe intermediate the end thereof and the first annular seating means and at least one inwardly extending pawl direct away from the end of the first pipe, the second pipe having a second annular seating means formed generally at its end, the portion of said second pipe adjacent the end being disposed within the end of the first pipe such that the second seating means is abutting against said first seating means, at least one inwardly formed engagement groove in the circumferential wall of said second pipe axially spaced from said second seating means and in line with the slots of said first pipe, said second pipe further defining an annular engagement means generally facing the end of the first pipe and engaged by the pawl of the first pipe, and fastening means for deforming the portions of said first pipe adjacent said slots radially inwardly and into said engagement groove of said second pipe to securely join said first and second pipes together.
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