Plastic coating thread and coupling assembly
AssigneeTuboscope Vetco International, Inc.
InventorsJohn M. Nelson, Ray D. Willis
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AssigneeTuboscope Vetco International, Inc.
InventorsJohn M. Nelson, Ray D. Willis
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A coupling assembly having an annular coupling with internal threads having a continuous plastic, corrosion-resistant coating. Opposed tubes are provided with a similar internal coating. The tubes have external threads inserted into the coupling with the internal and external threads being in threaded engagement. An annular gasket is provided of rigid material and is mounted between and in sealing engagement with opposed ends of the tubes within the coupling. The gasket has a continuous radial portion extending between the opposed ends of the tubes and in spaced apart relation thereto. O-rings are in sealing engagement with the tubing ends and the continuous radial portion of the gasket. A pair of opposed flanges extend from opposite sides of the continuous radial portion of the gasket and are in sealing contact with an interior surface portion of the tubes.
A coupling assembly comprising an annular coupling having internal threads having a central portion having a plastic corrosion-resistant coating and opposed tubes having a continuous plastic, corrosion-resistant coating and having external threads inserted into said coupling with said internal threads, including said central portion thereof, and said external threads being in threaded engagement to produce a seal and a corrosion barrier at said central portion of said annular coupling, an annular gasket of rigid material mounted between and in sealing engagement with opposed ends of said tubes within said coupling, said gasket having a continuous radial portion extending between said opposed ends of said tubes and spaced apart from each said opposed ends of said tubes a distance sufficient to receive a plurality of O-rings mounted between each said tubing opposed ends and said continuous radial portion of said gasket and in sealing engagement with each said plurality of O-rings, a pair of opposed flanges extending from opposite sides of said continuous radial portion of said gasket and into sealing contact with an interior surface portion of said tubes extending from each said opposed end of said tubes.
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