Abstract: A swivel joint having a connection means rotatable within another connection means held together by a lock means.

Abstract: An improved wellhead slip and seal assembly including a slip assembly with slips supported within a slip bowl and a seal assembly positioned above the slip assembly and interconnected thereto for supporting the slip assembly, the seal assembly including two segments connected to form the seal ring and each of the segments includes arcuate elements embedded in a resilient material which forms an inner seal in an inner groove, the inner seal having an inner diameter sufficient smaller than the outer diameter of the pipe to which it is to seal and an outer seal of the resilient material in an outer groove, the outer seal having an outer diameter sufficiently larger than the inner diameter of the wellhead housing into which it is inserted so that both seals are brought into direct sealing engagement with their respective pipe and housing sealing surfaces and the loading on the slip bowl is not a seal compressing load through the connection between the seal assembly and the slip assembly.

Abstract: A clip (60) is provided for holding a union (50) joining two tubes (34, 36) together. Clip (60) has a pair of spaced-apart plate members (4,6) integrally joined at one end (10) for receiving union (50) therebetween with plate members (4,6) having respective slots (14,12) for receiving the tubes thereto. Plate members (4,6) have at least one resilient arm (16) operative to hold the tubes in the slots and at least one latch member (18) is provided for bridging across slots (14,12) and holding plates (4,6) against union (50).

Abstract: A coupled pipe assembly having a pair of opposed, axially positioned pipes each having opposed beveled ends and interior corrosion-resistant linings. A sleeve having heat-insulating material is inserted axially within the pipes with the heat-insulating material being positioned adjacent the opposed pipe ends to protect the corrosion-resistant linings from heat produced during the welding of the pipe ends. The sleeve has a uniform, continuous diameter along the entire length thereof.

Abstract: A high-pressure press-in fitting for a high-pressure hose connection with a quick connect screwed joint at the outside of a high-pressure purifying installation, characterized in that the press-in fitting of the quick-connect coupling, receiving the end of the hose on the side of the appliance and designed as a plug-in coupling, has in the flow-through area a molded-in verturi insert and is provided on the front end with a peripheral groove which communicates witha chemical additives-feeding cross bored hose coupling at the side of the appliance aligned with the annular groove, whereby there is communicating connection between the flow-through area and the cross-bore.

Abstract: A coupling for joining two hoses, or the like, together is disclosed having a generally cylindrical male member adapted for connection to a hose on one end and on the other end having one or more pins extending radially outward from the surface thereof and a generally cylindrical female member adapted for cooperative engagement with the male member, the female member having one end adapted for connection with a hose and a second end having one or more slots for accepting the pins of the male member. The slots of the female member each having a locking recess for maintaining the pins of the male member within the recess upon coupling, an opening expanding toward the second end of the female member and a channel connecting the recess with the opening.

Abstract: Apparatus for the transfer of material from one container to another container. The one container is placed in an attachment having a 45.degree. coupling joined by a straight bend to a fixed part with a 45.degree. second coupling. A motor rotates bend relative to the fixed part. Gears ensure an equivalent joint rotation of the attachment with respect to the bend. The one container is turned over and its content flows into the other container. This apparatus is particularly useful with polluting, toxic and radioactive products.

Abstract: An insulating joint for pipelines comprises two metal tubular parts each having a dilated end portion, the dilated portion of one of the tubular parts being located within the dilated portion of the other tubular part and the dilated portions extending substantially parallel to each other so as to form a gap therebetween, two sleeves composed of an insulating material and forcefully introduced into the gap one after the other in a longitudinal direction so as to form a space therebetween, and a gasket located in the space and forcefully compressed between the two sleeves.

Abstract: A hose fitting for connecting a hydraulic hose to a hydraulic system including an axially inner reduced diameter bore portion and an axially outer enlarged diameter bore portion formed with an inner circumferential groove, comprising: a cylindrical member axially slidable within the enlarged diameter bore portion and having a radial flange portion and an axial tubular portion extending axially outwardly from the radial flange portion; a collet having an outer surface; a sleeve arranged between the cylindrical member and the collet and having an inner inclined surface engageable with the outer surface of the collet, the collet being radially inwardly constrictible when the sleeve is moving axially outwardly, the hydraulic hose being crimped by axial outward movement of the sleeve; and a stop member received in the circumferential groove and adapted to limit axial outward movement of the sleeve and collet.

Abstract: A branched hose construction contains a rigid insert having at least three legs. There is a plurality of hoses, the number of hoses being equal to the number of legs of the insert. Each hose has one end fitted over a leg of the insert. A securing means secures the hose to the leg. A molded saddle encapsulates the rigid insert and the junction of the hoses.

Abstract: A clamp for securing a flexible watering tube to a water pipe associated with a watering system for poultry and/or small animals, the clamp including a generally U-shaped saddle which embraces the exterior of a water pipe, a tubular stem projecting in a direction away from a convex outer surface of the saddle, a passage in the tubular stem, a passage of legs in diametrically opposite spaced relationship to each other, the tubular stem being located between the two legs and defining therewith a pair of gaps, the legs having projections directed toward projections of the tubular stem, and the latter projections bite into the watering tube when an end portion thereof is inserted into the gaps.

Abstract: A connection assembly secured a running tool into a tubular casing hanger. The connection assembly includes a frusto-conical threaded section on a running tool and a nose section of cylindrical shape located below the threaded section. The casing hanger has a bore with at least one circumferential recess. A collet ring having internal threads is initially carried on the nose section. The collet ring lands in the recess when the running tool is moved into the casing hanger. Continued movement causes the collet ring to deflect outward. The collet ring has threads on its inner diameter that slide on the threads of the running tool to latch the members together. Slots in the collet ring enable the outward deflection to occur. A pin engages the collet ring to enable rotation of the running tool relative to the collet ring to unscrew the members from each other.

Abstract: A tieback connector for connecting a conductor to a subsea wellhead mandrel utilizes two points of interference fit. The tieback connector has a tubular body from which depends a downward opening funnel. The mandrel has an upper bearing surface and a lower bearing surface, spaced apart by a cylindrical wall section. The lower bearing surface protrudes outward and is a frusto-conical surface. The mandrel has upper and lower bearing surfaces that are dimensioned to frictionally engage the upper and lower bearing surfaces of the mandrel as the funnel makes the final seat on the mandrel.

Abstract: A coupling band for forming a pipe joint between adjacent ends of a pair of respective pipe lengths has an elongate fastener tongue at one end which is fed through a corresponding receiver at the other end of the band. The tongue and the receiver are provided with complementary ratchet-type teeth so that the tongue can be fed through the receiver in a band-tightening direction and so that the teeth will effectively hold the tongue within the receiver, preventing it from being withdrawn in a band-relaxing direction. A manually operated rotary ratcheting tool is provided for feeding the tongue through the receiver in order to tighten the band when forming the pipe joint. When the band has been tightened to the required extent, the ratcheting tool is removed and a leading end of the tongue which has passed through the receiver is bent back over the top of the receiver in the form of a hook providing additional security against release of the band.

Abstract: A coupling assembly for connecting adjacent ends of conduits, primarily used for aircraft fuel lines having redundant locking features is provided. This coupling can be manipulated with one hand and includes laterally spaced locking tines which engage raised elements for locking the coupling in secured relationship. The coupling assembly can be manipulated with one hand and has viewing ports to be sure that all parts are in place. Also, the tines and guide members are configured to create a force between the two with a longitudinal component tending to open the assembly.

Abstract: A quick-connect fluid coupling for fluid conduits includes first and second identical inter-fitting bodies (10, 10'). Each of said bodies includes barrel portions (14) and sleeve portions (16). The sleeve portions include barrel accepting recesses (34). Each body portion also has a forward projection (48) including an angled ramp (50) and a step (52) and an opposed U-shaped latch (54). The body also has tubing accepting bores (26, 42) which accept ends of fluid conduit tubes. First and second fluid passages (30,46) extend through the body to the barrel portion and barrel accepting recess respectively. When the bodies are joined in opposed inter-fitting relations, the barrel portions on the first body are accepted into the barrel accepting recesses on the second body and vice versa. The step on the forward projection on the first body catches in the U-shaped latch on the second body and vice versa to hold the bodies together.

Abstract: A technique for forming a pipe flange having radial reinforcement in at least the annular portion of the bolt circle uses a specially woven band of fibers. The woof fibers in the band are longer than the width of the warp fibers so that as the band is wound into the slot of a mandrel, the tails of the woof fibers bend and extend in a radial direction.

Abstract: Coupling segments of a segmented pipe coupling have dissimilar ends that are interfittable with ends of an identical said coupling segment in only one specific orientation of said coupling segments, and which are antagonistic to the interfitting of said ends of said coupling segments in all other positions of orientation of said coupling segments.

Abstract: A clamp for forming a seal on a pipeline section, the clamp comprising a pair of complementary clamp members to be clamped together, each clamp member having an inner surface with a pair of axially spaced, circumferentially extending circumferential seals, and one clamp member having a pair of circumferentially spaced longitudinal seals which extend axially to bridge the gaps between the opposed circumferential ends of the pair of circumferential seals to define four junction zones where the circumferential seals and the longitudinal seals abut, and retention means at each junction zone to connect the circumferential and longitudinal seals together in the retention zones, and at the same time connect the seals to the clamp member at the junction zones. The clamp includes corner seals to provide back-up sealing for the junction zones. The clamp includes heat protection grooves to protect certain of the clamp seals. The clamp may include a pipe branch to provide a hot tapping facility.

Abstract: Quick connector for flexible tubes or pipes, which comprises a hollow body, equipped on the inside with a seating for an annular seal, to which body is secured a collar carrying a conical elastic ring having radial slits open towards the inner edge, the ring diverging towards the free end of the body, into which conical ring there may be inserted a flexible tube in sealing contact with the annular seal, which tube can be advanced towards the interior of the hollow body with limited elastic deformation of the conical ring and in conditions of jamming of said conical ring when the tube moves outwards, there being also present a shell projecting outwards from the body and surrounding the flexible tube and having a tapered end towards the inside, the shell being in contact with the internal edge of the slit conical ring and being adapted for preventing, when pushed inwards into the hollow body, the jamming of the conical ring on the surface of the flexible tube, thus making its withdrawal possible.