Between Serially Connected Parts Patents (Class 285/48)
  • Patent number: 4621838
    Abstract: An insert for insulating the area of the coupling two doublewalled tubing segments of an insulated steam injection tubing string. The insert is mounted to overlie both of a pair of adjacent tubing segment end portions radially inwardly thereof. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the insert has two walls which are spaced apart and connected at their ends to define an annular space therebetween in which thermal insulation may be provided. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, the insert is engaged to one of the end portions and is spaced from the other of the end portions to prevent flowthrough of vapor and to allow vapor to enter between the insert and coupling and condense to provide an insulating medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: The Babcock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: Kurt E. Kneidel, Minh Luu
  • Patent number: 4613166
    Abstract: Two tube systems, each comprised of two or more concentrically arranged metal tubes, are positively and electrically conductive interconnected through a coupler sleeve system composed of a corresponding number of concentrically arranged coupler sleeves of slightly larger diameter such that ends of the sleeves of the coupler sleeves are threaded upon ends of the tubes of the tube systems to be interconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1986
    Assignee: Kabel- und Metallwerke Gutehoffnungshuette
    Inventor: Hans-Martin Schmidtchen
  • Patent number: 4560188
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally insulated pipe for the construction of underwater pipelines, characterized by being formed from prefabricated pipe portions welded together, each portion being constituted by two concentric tubes of different diameter which are connected together at their ends by means of special cylindrical pieces having a double T section which are welded to the two tubes in such a manner as to form between them an annular interspace which is filled with thermally insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Assignee: Snamprogetti S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alfredo Berti, Werther Mussati, Roberto Bruschi
  • Patent number: 4384222
    Abstract: Flexible, electrically insulating pipe connections are required for electrical machines with liquid-cooled rotor winding between the water distribution chambers, which are rigidly connected to the body of the rotor, and the water distribution headers in the coil end. A pipe connection is proposed whose section on the side of the distribution chamber is designed as an insulating link which projects at least partially into the wall of the water distribution chamber. The section on the side of the coil end is designed as a flexible link which can be shifted in axial direction relative to the insulating link or which is axially movable in itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1983
    Assignee: BBC Brown, Boveri & Company, Limited
    Inventor: Willibald Zerlik
  • Patent number: 4192477
    Abstract: A mounting insulator for securing a pipe, conduit, or tube through a metal wall stud or other thin planar surface to reduce the noise of water hammer and dialectic interaction between the pipe and the wall stud, the device including an off-center pipe receiving passage which allows for adjustable positioning of a pipe axis relative to the stud aperture axis.The device is comprised of a substantially annular, somewhat flexible ring having a radial slot allowing the annular body to be spread apart and an interior circular passage, the central axis of which is offset relative to the axis of the annular ring. The circular passage includes a flexible wall portion which allows for a snug fit when a pipe is received therein. The device further includes a raised peripheral barrier and a plurality of flanges which cooperate to allow the device to be locked tightly in an aperture in a metal wall stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Inventors: John R. Decky, Bruno P. Meyer