Patents Assigned to Hepworth Plastics Limited
  • Patent number: 4072328
    Abstract: A pipe coupling particularly for use in connecting plastics piping having an appreciable coefficient of thermal expansion and required to withstand appreciable pressures, and avoiding the need for an internal groove for housing a sealing ring in the coupling which would require machining or a collapsible core, comprises a socket portion with two internal radial enlargements, an end cap having an outer portion secured on the outside of the socket portion and an inner portion with an internal diameter substantially equal to that of the initial bore, a washer adjacent a shoulder at the junction between the enlargements and having an internal diameter substantially equal to that of the bore, a resilient sealing ring housed between the inner portion of the end cap and the washer, and a toggle ring slidable along the first enlargement and having an aperture smaller in diameter than that of the bore, so that a pipe-end inserted into the socket makes sealing contact with the sealing ring and is gripped by the toggle
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1978
    Assignee: Hepworth Plastics Limited
    Inventor: David R. Elliott
  • Patent number: D270766
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1983
    Assignee: Hepworth Plastics Limited
    Inventor: Peter W. Gray
  • Patent number: D270767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1983
    Assignee: Hepworth Plastics Limited
    Inventor: Peter W. Gray