Pipe coupling

• US 7,753,414 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2006
• Issued: 07/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Uponor Innovation AB (Uponor Oyj)
• Original Assignee: Uponor Innovation AB (Uponor Oyj)
• Inventors: Hauki, Peter J., Lundequist, Yngve
• Primary Examiner(s): Hewitt; James M
• Application Number:
  US12/095,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20080290653A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,323 Days
• Field of Search: 285/252, 285/253, 285/367, 285/368, 285/373, 285/412, 285/419, 285/420, 285/421, 24/20.R, 242/79
• US Class Current: 285/253
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 33/04 tightened by tangentially-arranged threaded pin and nut
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/1441 Tangential screw

Abstract

A pipe coupling for connection to a pipe end of pipe made of polymer material includes an inner sleeve which is intended for insertion into the pipe end and for abutment with the inner surface of the pipe end, and an outer sleeve which is intended for abutment with the outer surface of the pipe end and which includes a slot-like opening. The pipe coupling also includes a device for adjusting the opening, and a pre-widening device positioned between the edges of the slot-like opening. The pre-widening device makes the slot-like opening larger such that the inner diameter of the outer sleeve is larger than the outer diameter of the pipe.

Claims

1. A pipe coupling for connection to a pipe end of a pipe made of polymer material, comprising:

an inner sleeve for insertion into the pipe end and for abutment with the inner surface of the pipe end;

an outer sleeve for abutment with the outer surface of the pipe end, said outer sleeve including a slot-like opening;

an opening adjusting device for adjusting said opening, and

a hollow cylinder positioned within edges of said slot-like opening such that the inner diameter of said outer sleeve is larger than the outer diameter of the pipe, said hollow cylinder being radially outward of said opening adjusting device and the aperture of said hollow cylinder being transverse to the longitudinal axis of said outer sleeve.

2. A pipe coupling according to claim 1, wherein said outer sleeve comprises at least one flat surface area and said opening adjusting device comprises a screw and a nut, whereby said nut comprises at least one flat side area to be positioned in abutment with said flat surface area.

3. A pipe coupling according to claim 1, wherein said opening adjusting device comprises a screw, a nut and a washer that is positioned at an end of the screw.

4. A pipe coupling according to claim 1, wherein said hollow cylinder is a distance washer.