Kit and method for producing a connector for fluid pipe elements
AssigneeLindab AB
InventorsCarl-Gustaf Sonden, Kenneth Lennartsson
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Abstract
A kit for producing a non-straight connector for fluid pipe element comprises loose sleeve couplings and at least one flat blank which has been given such a shape and such dimensions that, after forming thereof and interconnecting its opposite ends, it is connectable with the sleeve couplings by means of a peripheral joint, thereby forming an intermediate segment.
Claims13
A kit for producing a connector for connecting a first fluid-conducting element to a second fluid-conducting element and permitting passage of a fluid from said first fluid-conducting element to said second fluid-conducting element, comprising:
- at least one flat blank having a first end connectable to a second end to form a cylindrical segment, a first segment end, and a second segment end, each said segment end having a smooth cylindrical shape and defining an opening in said cylindrical segment;
- a first cylindrical sleeve coupling having a first sleeve coupling end and a second sleeve coupling end, each said sleeve coupling end defining an opening in said first cylindrical sleeve coupling, said first sleeve coupling end having a smooth cylindrical shape to accommodate juncture with said first segment end, and said second sleeve coupling end including one of an external peripheral elastomeric sealing element and an external peripheral bead matable with said first fluid-conducting element;
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- a second cylindrical sleeve coupling having a first sleeve coupling end and a second sleeve coupling end, each said sleeve coupling end defining an opening in said second cylindrical sleeve coupling, said first sleeve coupling end of said second sleeve coupling having a smooth cylindrical shape to accommodate juncture with said second segment end, and said second sleeve coupling end of said second sleeve coupling including one of an external peripheral elastomeric sealing element and an external peripheral bead matable with said second fluid-conducting element.
A kit for producing an angled connector for connecting a first fluid-conducting element to a second fluid-conducting element at a predetermined angle and permitting passage of a fluid from said first fluid-conducting element to said second fluid-conducting element, comprising:
- at least one flat blank having a first end connectable to a second end to form a cylindrical segment having a central axis, a first segment end, and a second segment end, each said segment end having a smooth cylindrical shape and defining an opening in said cylindrical segment, said opening in at least one said segment end defining a plane that is not orthogonal to said central axis;
- a first cylindrical sleeve coupling having a first sleeve coupling end and a second sleeve coupling end, each said sleeve coupling end defining an opening in said first cylindrical sleeve coupling, said first sleeve coupling end having a smooth cylindrical shape to accommodate juncture with said first segment end, and said second sleeve coupling end including one of an external peripheral elastomeric sealing element and an external peripheral bead matable with said first fluid-conducting element;
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- a second cylindrical sleeve coupling having a first sleeve coupling end and a second sleeve coupling end, each said sleeve coupling end defining an opening in said second cylindrical sleeve coupling, said first sleeve coupling end of said second sleeve coupling having a smooth cylindrical shape to accommodate juncture with said second segment end, and said second sleeve coupling end of said second sleeve coupling including one of an external peripheral elastomeric sealing element and an external peripheral bead matable with said second fluid-conducting element.
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