Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Self-aligning pipe coupling
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Application No.: US16306158Application Date: 2017-06-01
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Publication No.: US11585473B2Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: Christopher Richard Webb
- Applicant: TAYLOR KERR (COUPLINGS) LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Buckinghamshire
- Assignee: TAYLOR KERR (COUPLINGS) LIMITED
- Current Assignee: TAYLOR KERR (COUPLINGS) LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Buckinghamshire
- Agency: Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C.
- Priority: GB1609561 20160601
- International Application: PCT/GB2017/051583 WO 20170601
- International Announcement: WO2017/208007 WO 20171207
- Main IPC: F16L21/06
- IPC: F16L21/06 ; F16L3/01 ; F16L17/04 ; F16L37/091

Abstract:
A pipe coupling for connecting together the ends of two pipes. The pipe coupling including: a tubular casing for fitting around the pipes; a tensioning system for tightening the casing around the outer surface of the pipes; and a guide member, coupled to and extending away from a first axial end of the tubular casing, for radially aligning and guiding one of the pipes into the tubular casing. Further including an assembly having a pipe coupling and a pipe, the pipe coupling being pre-installed on one end of the pipe, and configured to receive a second pipe.
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