US 5,330,238 AGranted

Coupler for connecting two plastic pipes and process and mold for producing the coupler

AssigneeHobas Engineering AG

InventorBorge Carlstrom

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Abstract

The coupler consists of an essentially cylindrical outer layer of glass fiber-reinforced plastic and an inner layer consisting of polyurethane. This inner layer has, approximately in the middle between the two coupler ends, a rib which serves as a stop for the ends of the two pipes to be connected to one another. The coupler has, between this rib and one coupler end (a), an approximately conical inner shape which has a diameter which increases in an outward direction, this conical surface also being provided with two sealing beads. A cylindrical section, a sawtooth-like rib and an annular groove are present between the other coupler end and the rib, A coupler of this type can be mounted relatively simply on the end of a pipe and can be nondetachably connected to it also by means of an adhesive, A pipe of essentially the same diameter can be inserted into the other coupler end and gives a tight fit in the coupler even when the axes of the coupler and the pipe do not coincide but make a small angle with one another.

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Dependent claims

A coupler for connecting two pipes, the coupler comprising:

an outer layer having a coupler internal diameter and a coupler external diameter, said outer layer also having a first end and a second end, said coupler internal diameter between said first and second ends of said outer layer is substantially equal to an internal diameter of said outer layer at said second end;
a sealing means for sealing said outer a layer to one of the two pipes, said sealing means including an inner layer positioned inside said outer layer and extending from said first end of said outer layer toward said second end of said outer layer by a distance substantially equal to 30-50% of a length of said outer layer, said inner layer having a first end and a second end, said first end of said inner layer being positioned adjacent said first end of said outer layer, said inner layer having an internal diameter decreasing from said first end of said inner layer to said second end of said inner layer;
the two pipes each have a pipe external diameter substantially equal to said coupler external diameter, said two pipes also each have a pipe end section with a pipe end external diameter smaller than the pipe external diameter, each of said pipe end sections being substantially half as long as said outer layer.

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