Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coupling gasket and bar linkage for friction-fit range reducer
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Application No.: US17097967Application Date: 2020-11-13
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Publication No.: US11767940B2Publication Date: 2023-09-26
- Inventor: Timothy J. Mitchell , Steve Kent Fearnow , Jason White Bradley
- Applicant: Mueller International, LLC
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
- Current Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Taylor English Duma LLP
- Main IPC: F16L21/06
- IPC: F16L21/06 ; F16L21/03 ; F16L25/14

Abstract:
A seal for a pipe coupling can include an outer gasket defining a radially inner surface defining a plurality of grooves; and an inner gasket separably joined to the outer gasket and defining a radially outer surface, the radially outer surface defining a plurality of ridges extending radially outward and including: a first ridge, each of first and second side surfaces of the first ridge angled in cross-section with respect to a radial direction of the inner gasket towards a first axial end of the inner gasket when in an uncompressed state; and a second ridge, each of first and second side surfaces of the second ridge angled in cross-section with respect to the radial direction towards a second axial end of the inner gasket when in the uncompressed state; wherein the radially outer surfaces of the inner and outer gaskets contact each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210062945A1 COUPLING GASKET AND BAR LINKAGE FOR FRICTION-FIT RANGE REDUCER Public/Granted day:2021-03-04
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