Patents Examined by Eric M. Nicholson
  • Pipe coupling
    Patent number: 4643465
    Abstract: A coupling is set forth for joining a beaded end and a plain end glass pipe together, wherein an outer clamping band retains an elastomeric sleeve therewithin and inhibits the longitudinal flow thereof by means of openings and projections formed in the outer periphery of the band, and said elastomeric sleeve is provided with varying diameters and recesses for providing unequal force distribution across the coupling while limiting the longitudinal expansion of the elastomeric sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 17, 1987
    Assignee: Corning Glass Works
    Inventors: Terry D. Green, Kenneth C. Kao, Robert J. O'Loughlin, Jr., Robert C. Reese