Abstract: A coupling for joining metal pipes or pipe sections end-to-end to form a pipe assembly. A plastic cuff is formed on one of the pipe ends and a mating, second plastic cuff is formed on the other pipe end. In one embodiment, a wire hoop is mounted over each pipe end, the hoops are rotatable around the associated pipe ends to align the hoops, and bolt assemblies spanning the two hoops are used to tighten the hoops axially, to thereby clamp the pipe ends and compress the cuffs between the pipe ends and provide a leak-proof joint. The cuffs are selected from configurations including tongue-and-groove and bell-and-spigot. The cuffs can be formed on the pipe ends in the shop, then the pre-cuffed pipe sections can be readily assembled into stable, leak-proof, corrosion-resistant lengths of pipe in the field.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a wellbore expandable connection is disclosed. The connection may include a pin having an outward tapered threaded section and a box having an inward tapered threaded section. The threaded sections form a connection of a predetermined integrity upon make-up. An embodiment of the connection includes at least one interface area of the connection that lacks intimate contact between the pin and the box upon initial make-up. Either the box or the pin, or both, have a friction surface at the interface area. Radial expansion of the connection places the pin in contact with the box at the interface area such that the friction surface between them locks the connection. In one embodiment, the connection includes a receptacle profiled in a portion of the box that provides space within the connection for material that extrudes from the pin during expansion of the connection.

Abstract: A process for forming a metallic tubular connector of the type having a cylindrical shell which extends circumferentially about a tubular body for joining said tubular connector to a conduit. The process involves using a first forming machine to form a first peripheral bead in a first end portion of a tubular metallic body, having a substantially uniform diameter and wall thickness, reduce the outside diameter of a second end portion, and slope an intermediate surface portion. Then, a second end forming machine tool, carrying a metallic socket, freely receives the tubular body second end portion, contacts the sloped intermediate surface portion, forms a second peripheral bead adjacent the first peripheral bead, while an annular end surface of the socket is compressed and locked between the first and second beads. Further, the tubular body is manufactured from a 5000 series aluminum alloy material.

Abstract: An improved seal retainer for an undersea hydraulic coupling member, which utilizes metal seals to maintain fluid integrity, is disclosed. The metal seals of the present invention are designed to either create an absolute barrier to fluid flow, or utilize a press or interference fit to create a barrier to fluid flow to ensure fluid integrity between the undersea hydraulic coupling and the environment outside the hydraulic coupling.

Abstract: A low permeability coupling device for coupling a first endpiece (3) extending a tube (2) with a second endpiece (10) carried by the wall (1) of a member to which the tube (2) is connected, in which the second endpiece (10) has two substantially coaxial walls (11, 12) defining between them a blind annular housing (13) for receiving the first endpiece (3), and a sealing element (15) extending between the inside face (11a) of the outer wall (11) of the second endpiece and the outside surface (8) of the first endpiece when it is in place in the above-mentioned housing (13).

Abstract: The invention provides a pipe joint made of resin in which a predetermined pressing force in the axial direction corresponding to a fastening torque of a union nut can be obtained, and the strength of threads can be enhanced. Each of the threads of an external thread portion of a joint body and an internal thread portion of a union nut is formed asd an asymmetrical trapezoid, an inclined angle ?1 of first flanks of the asymmetrical trapezoidal threads which contact with each other by fastening the union nut is set to 70 to 90°, and an included angle ?2 of the flanks opposite to the first flanks is set to 40 to 80°, and wherein the joint body defines a sealing portion the angle and direction of taper of which is defined by an angle ?0, said external thread is defined by an angle ?1, where ?1=?1 and wherein ?0<?1 and |cos ?0|>|cos ?1|.

Abstract: A coupling assembly for plastic pipes including a nut, a body, a grip-ring, and a seal. The nut can engage the body through appropriate threads and includes a hooked projection having a sloping surface adapted to abut against and provide a force on a corresponding surface of the grip ring within the body. A pipe is inserted through the nut, grip-ring, and seal into the body. Tightening of the nut causes its sloped surface to engage and the grip ring to be forced both radially and longitudinally. Radial compression results in the grip-ring engaging the pipe whilst longitudinal forcing causes it to be forced into the body simultaneously abutting against and compressing the seal whilst dragging the pipe further into the body. The nut and the body may further have tapered surfaces that are brought together as the grip-ring is forced into the body. The physical connection between the body and the nut provides reinforcing for the nut, a feature especially useful when dealing with soft plastics.

Abstract: The invention relates to fast couplings for connecting hoses, particularly for domestic irrigation. A fast coupling is formed by a first body and a second body reciprocally connected by inserting first lugs projecting from the second body in first slots made on the first body. A male connector is locked inside the fast coupling by radially pressing an end of the male connector with a torus-shaped elastic element. Unlocking the second body from the first body causes the automatic ejection of the mail connector.

Abstract: In a joint structure for coupling a first component (21) to a second component (22) in a joint portion of a fluid flow passage, the second component (22) has a portion thereof inserted into the first component (21) to engage with the first component (21). The second component (22) is provided with a flange portion (26), which is disposed adjacent to a bottom surface of the first component (21) and welded or bonded to the bottom surface, so that these components (22, 21) are coupled with each other in an easy and a fluid-tight manner in a condition in which they are prevented from rotating relative to each other without using any locking pin. There is no fear that the components (22, 21) dissolve in a fluid or gaseous material passing through the fluid flow passage. The joint structure is easy in maintenance.

Abstract: A connector useful for combining the contents of a pair of containers which includes a hollow body for passing fluids between the containers. The body includes top and bottom end portions dimensioned to receive open-ended containers in an interference fit. The top end portion includes one or more recesses sized and arranged to facilitate drainage of a fluid from the first container into the second container when the first container is positioned above the second container. A middle portion is positioned between and adjoins the end portions of the body. A system for combining the contents of a pair of containers is formed when containers having substances to be combined are fitted onto the end portions of the connector.

Abstract: A method of forming a gas impermeable joint in a fluid system includes: providing a tube having a metallic barrier layer disposed between an inner plastic layer and an outer plastic layer; forcing at least one of the inner plastic layer and the outer plastic layer into contact with a plastic surface of a component; and welding the at least one of the inner plastic layer and the outer plastic layer with the plastic surface to form the gas impermeable joint. The welding may include: spin welding, hot plate welding, vibration welding, and ultrasonic welding. The metallic barrier layer extends substantially to the component, thus improving the gas impermeability of the joint between the tube and the component.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for connecting and disconnected fluid conduits (e.g. medical tubing) are disclosed. Typical embodiments of the Apparatuses and methods disclosed herein operate with two separate components, the first having a moveable septum and the second having a fixed septum. When the components are engaged, the device allows the flow of fluid through a conduit to which they are coupled. When the components are uncoupled, the device prevents the flow of fluid through the conduit. An exemplary embodiment of the invention includes a housing, a moveable septum slideably coupled with the housing to be alternately disposed in at least a first and second position and a piercing member having a passage for conducting fluid. The moveable septum closes the passage in the first position and is penetrated by the piercing member to open the passage in the second position.

Abstract: A cylindrical projecting portion is disposed in a projected tip end portion of an inner ring which is to be pressingly inserted into one end portion of a pipe member to be integrated therewith, an inner radial face of the cylindrical projecting portion is formed as a conical tapered face in which the diameter is larger as one moves toward the outer side in the axial direction, and a cylindrical groove into which the cylindrical projecting portion of the inner ring including the conical tapered face is to be fitted in the axial direction to form a sealing portion is formed in an inner area of a receiving port of a joint body to form sealing portions between the two members and, whereby even a small fastening force due to screw advancement of a pressing ring is enabled to generate a high contact pressure between the tapered face and an outer radial face, and faces and which are opposed thereto, to ensure a sealing performance of very high reliability.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a threaded joint for oil well pipe having a pin part with a male thread, a box part with a female thread, metal seal parts provided on the pin part and the box part, respectively, and torque shoulder parts provided at the tip of the pin part and at the portion of the box part coming in contact with the tip of the pin part, respectively, comprising the step of providing a design procedure for determining the dimensions of each part, whereby an highly strong threaded joint showing an excellent leak resistance to internal and external pressures can be designed and manufactured.

Abstract: An apparatus for creating a permanent, leak-proof plastic tubing joint including a length of plastic tubing, a fitting component and a device capable of generating a local electromagnetic field. The fitting component is manufactured of a polymer containing nonpolymeric particles capable of absorbing a specific frequency of electromagnetic energy. An end of the length of plastic tubing is slidably inserted into the fitting component. When the tubing has been fully inserted, a device is activated to generate a local electromagnetic field surrounding the fitting component. The nonpolymeric particles absorb the electromagnetic energy and increase in temperature. This temperature increase causes the fitting component to begin melting at the interface with the plastic tubing while at the same time causing the end of plastic tubing to become pliable. The electromagnetic field is then removed and both the fitting component and the end of plastic tubing cool to ambient temperature.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the invention, a saver sub for a steering tool includes a main body having an external thread portion adapted to threadably couple to a box end of the steering tool and an internal thread portion adapted to threadably couple a drill bit thereto and a thread shoulder having an outside perimeter and an inside perimeter disposed around a perimeter of the main body. The thread shoulder includes a curved portion associated with the inside perimeter and a tapered portion extending from the curved portion to the outside perimeter and tapering toward the external thread portion.

Abstract: A tube connecting structure is formed with first and second cylindrical sections. The first cylindrical section includes: a joining cylinder with engagement holes disposed at a first end; a ring-shaped flange projecting radially inward from a second end; an inner cylinder extending co-axially toward the first end; and an inner cylindrical member separated axially from the inner cylinder. An O-ring is disposed co-axially between the inner cylinder and inner cylindrical member. Large and small diameter sections of the joining member align with a large-diameter section and small-diameter cylindrical section of the first tube, respectively, and are fitted into the space between the joining cylinder and the inner cylinder and inner cylindrical member. A second tube supported within the second cylindrical section is prevented from slipping out. The O-ring provides a fluid-tight seal between the first and second tubes.

Abstract: A fluid coupling between a fluid carrying first component and a second fluid carrying endform is formed by spin welding induced by a bonding material disposed in a recess in the first component which is spin weld compatible with the materials of the first and second component to spin weld join the first and second components together.

Abstract: In a tube device of the invention, a casing 1 made of a fluororesin has: a tube 4 which is made of a fluororesin, and which surrounds a fluid tube 3; lid members 5 which are made of a fluororesin, and each of which includes a receiving portion 8 for receiving one end portion of the tube 4, at least one sealing face 10 disposed in the receiving portion, and a connecting portion 29 for another pipe 28; union nuts 6 which are made of a fluororesin, and each of which is fitted onto the end portion of the tube 4, and screwed to one end portion of one of the lid members 5; and a sealing portion 19 which is formed at least one place by fastening the union nuts 6 to the end portions of the lid members 5 to press the tube 4 from the outside of the tube, the end portions of the tube 4 and the sealing faces 10 of the lid members 5 being closely contacted with each other by the pressing function. A device element such as a filter member 3 is placed in the casing 1.

Abstract: An expandable tubing assembly comprises a tubular connector defining overlapping longitudinal slots, the connector comprising end portions and an intermediate portion. The slots extend over the whole length of the connector, but the only slot overlap occurs in the intermediate portion. The assembly further comprises lengths of expandable tubing defining overlapping longitudinal slots and having end portions defining nodes between and beyond the ends of the tubing slots. Tubing threads are formed on the end most tubing nodes. The connector end portions define threads and are coupled with the threads formed on the nodes of the respective end portions of the tubing lengths.

Abstract: A structure for preventing slipping-off of a tube in a pipe joint made of resin in which a union nut (2) is fastened to a joint body (1) to cause a pressing edge portion (19a) of the union nut (2) to abut against a diameter-increased root portion (17) of a tube (3), thereby pressing one end of the tube (3) toward the joint body (1), a recess (20) is previously shaped in the diameter-increased root portion (17) of the tub (3), the recess being smaller in radius of curvature or angle than the diameter-increased root portion, and the pressing edge portion (19a) of the union nut (2) is then caused to abut against the recess (20).

Abstract: Fitting connections for corrugated metal tubing. The connection includes a body having an externally-threaded end, a nut or other fastener which is threadably engageable with the body end, and a collet which is receivable coaxially within the fastener. The collet is formed as a series of individual, arcuate tangs which are joined together by a retaining collar, the collar allowing the segments to be resiliently opened within the fastener so as to allow the crests of the tubing to pass therethrough. The fitting may be pre-assembled with the collet segments being received coaxially within the fastener with the collar extending rearwardly from the fastener, and with the fastener then being partially threaded onto the fitting body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a connecting arrangement (1) for coolant lines (2) and especially for motor vehicle climate control systems operated with CO2. The connecting arrangement (1) includes a first coupling piece (4) connected seal-tight to a first line endpiece (3) and a second coupling piece (6) connected seal-tight to a second line endpiece (5). Both coupling pieces (4, 6) are joined to each other via an attachment device in such a manner that the line endpieces (3, 5) are connected to each other via respective bores (16) in the coupling pieces (4, 6). For this purpose, the two coupling pieces (4, 6) each have a radially extending sealing surface (8, 9) on the side facing toward the other coupling piece (6, 4). A sealing ring (10) is mounted between the sealing surfaces (8, 9). Only a single screw (11) is provided as attachment device and is arranged laterally offset from the sealing surfaces (8, 9).

Abstract: A structure for connecting a first member and a second member, has a first member having a peripheral wall portion including a stepped portion engaged with a second member. The peripheral wall portion is a deformed portion deformed inwardly of the stepped portion of the first member. The deformed portion has a thin shape provided by a cut section of the peripheral wall portion.

Abstract: A threaded tubular connection has a box member including an internal thread, a pin member including an external thread engageable with the internal thread of the box member, and a protruding sealing surface disposed in the box member such that the pin member flexes radially inward upon passing the protruding sealing surface during make-up. The threaded tubular connection also has a recessed seal cavity disposed in the box member and a reverse angle shoulder at the pin nose that forces the pin member to flex radially outward into the recessed seal cavity of the box member upon final make-up.

Abstract: Coupling components which prevent relative rotation between tubular members when break away torque forces are applied to the tubular members. In one embodiment, the invention is a locking ring for preventing relative axial rotation between two generally tubular members. The ring is shaped to receive a sealing gasket and has two side faces wherein each side face is shaped to frictionally engage one of the tubular members to thereby prevent relative axial rotation between the tubular members. The invention is also directed to a coupling including a locking ring. The tubular members are generally coaxially arranged such that the sealing faces face each other. The coupling comprises a sealing gasket captured between the sealing beads for sealing the coupling, wherein the frictional surfaces engage the sealing gasket to prevent relative rotation between the tubular members.

Abstract: A hose assembly including an elongated flexible metal hose attached to a hose fitting having a fitting body defining a passageway for conveying material. The fitting body has a mating portion for connecting the hose assembly to a corresponding fitting which delivers or accepts material passing through the hose assembly. A sleeve engages a surface of the fitting body and secures an end portion of the metal conduit to the fitting by trapping the end portion of the metal conduit between the sleeve and the fitting body. During installation, the sleeve is inserted into the body and subsequently the hose is inserted into a gap between the sleeve and fitting body. A fixture having a radially expanding member is slipped into the sleeve and brought into contact with the sleeve to deform the sleeve and consequently trap an end of the hose between the sleeve and the fitting.

Abstract: A tubing/fitting connection provides secure sealing attachment of a tubing to a fitting. In a described embodiment, a flexible tubing is connected to a non-rigid fitting using a retainer which grips both the tubing and the fitting. The retainer also internally supports the tubing, and may sealingly engage both the tubing and the fitting.

Abstract: A threaded joint to be expanded, including a lip at the end of the male element end a housing for the lip on the female element to make the threaded joint capable of being sealed and of having a maximum internal passage cross-section after being subjected to diametral expansion by more than 10%. The free male end surface is socketed before expansion into a partially transverse shoulder surface of the female housing through the matching rebating shapes of the surfaces. And, the male lip outer peripheral surface is arranged with little play of the internal peripheral surface of the female housing. Such a threaded joint is particularly useful for casings and tubings used in oil wells.

Abstract: The oilfield tubular pin and box connection includes double shoulders 16, 22. An inner sleeve 18 engages the box at shoulder 20, and provides one of the two shoulders 16, 22 for engaging the pin. The pin bore optionally may be provided with a similar sleeve 24, thereby providing one of the shoulders for engaging the box. The sleeve 18 may be secured to the box shortly after its manufacture, or may be added as a retrofit to an existing box with a single shoulder.

Abstract: The recess (12) between the main connecting part (8) and a collar (9) contains a toroidal or otherwise shaped sealing ring or joint (3) and the end of a tube (1) incorporating an outer flange (2), whose thickness becomes zero at the crushing bulge (4) of the sealing ring (3). An excellent seal is ensured at this location, even for pressurized fluids, and the assembly can easily be dismantled.

Abstract: Fittings of this invention comprise a body having a substantially hollow transport passage extending between a body first end and a body second end. The fitting body ends are adapted to accommodate attachment with respective fluid handling devices. The fitting has a hexagonal outside surface portion for grasping and rotating the fitting. An interlocking attachment member is disposed along an outside surface of the fitting body and is adapted to form an interlocking attachment with a complementary member of a fluid handling device when the fitting is connected thereto. The interlocking attachment member comprises a plurality of ratchet teeth that are configured to register with a complementary fluid handling device member. The fitting body first end includes a tongue that is configured to provide an interference fit within a groove in a fluid handling device opening to provide a leak-tight seal between the fitting the fluid handling device.

Abstract: An adapter for connecting two segments of pipe is disclosed. The adapter includes a guide insert made of a rigid material and a receptor body made of a plastic material. Both the guide insert and the receptor body have threads that fit together so that a threaded pipe segment is first inserted into the rigid threads of the guide insert and then transitions to the plastic threads of the receptor body.

Abstract: A plastic fitting couples a section of tubing with a concave flared end to a fitting body. In a preferred embodiment, the flared tube has an expanded s-shape in the cross-section and the plastic fitting generally comprises a fitting body and a fitting nut. The fitting body includes an internal nose section having a curvilinear sidewall and a cylindrical surface that have been preformed to substantially match in shape the flare of the tubing. In a preferred embodiment, the nut has external threads that engage internal threads on the fitting body. The fitting nut is threadably coupled to the fitting body and includes a flare-engaging collar which secures the flared end of the tubing to the fitting body through a circumferential point contact. Additional securement of the tubing is provided by an axially inset annular recess, proximate the tapered nose section, which defines a seat sized to receive the end edge of the tube.

Abstract: The invention provides a pipe joint made of resin in which a predetermined pressing force in the axial direction corresponding to a fastening torque of a union nut can be obtained, and the strength of threads can be enhanced.

Abstract: A drill string includes a plurality of tubular members each having a connection with a pin connector and a box connector on adjacent tubular members. The pin connector has an external thread with negative load flanks and positive stab flanks, adapted for threadingly engaging an internal thread second threads with negative load flanks and positive stab flanks on the box connector of the adjacent tubular member. The positive stab flanks have corner radiuses and the negative load flanks have radiuses forming a S-shape. The pin connector has an outer groove for receiving a protuberance on the terminal end of the box member forming locking shoulders. The protuberance and groove have contoured surfaces providing large metal-to-metal contact for preventing the contoured surfaces from sliding during over-torquing and cyclic bending of the drill string. The negative load flanks and locking shoulders lock the connection together.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of constructing a tube joint wherewith one end T1 of a tubing T is heated to be softened; the softened end T1 of the tubing T is inserted into a drop-off prevention ring 30; the end T1 of the tubing T is upset by means of an upsetting core 50 such that the anchoring portion 35 of the drop-off prevention ring 30 bites into the softened end T1 of the tubing T; and the end T1 of the tubing T is cooled to be hardened with the anchoring portion 35 of the drop-off prevention ring 30 being kept biting into it, and to such tube joint.

Abstract: A structure of a fluid passage output port of a fluid-operated apparatus comprises a first valve body composed of a resin material and formed with a fluid passage for allowing a fluid to flow therethrough; and a fluid passage output member formed of a resin material to have a substantially cylindrical configuration separately from the first valve body and screwed into a hole of the first valve body by the aid of a male thread; wherein a primary seal portion which intersects an axis of the fluid passage output member and a secondary seal portion which is substantially parallel to the axis are provided at a connecting portion thereof.

Abstract: A garden hose fitting comprising an axially elongated cylindrical body having a first axial end, a second axial end, one of (1) an externally threaded male hose connector, and (2) an internally threaded female hose connector adjacent the first axial end, and interior annular hose-grip ridges adjacent the second end, an annular shoulder projecting radially inwardly of the body intermediate its ends, and an axially elongated support sleeve having an annular collar tightly fitted onto said annular shoulder, extending axially toward the second body end, and spaced radially inwardly of the body to form a cylindrical, hose-receiving and retaining cavity between the ridges and the sleeve.

Abstract: A connector useful for combining the contents of a pair of containers which includes a hollow body for passing fluids between the containers. The body includes top and bottom end portions dimensioned to receive open-ended containers in an interference fit. The top end portion includes one or more recesses sized and arranged to facilitate drainage of a fluid from the first container into the second container when the first container is positioned above the second container. A middle portion is positioned between and adjoins the end portions of the body. A system for combining the contents of a pair of containers is formed when containers having substances to be combined are fitted onto the end portions of the connector.

Abstract: The invention provides a pipe joint made of resin in which a predetermined pressing force in the axial direction corresponding to a fastening torque of a union nut can be obtained, and the strength of threads can be enhanced. Each of threads of an external thread portion of a joint body and an internal thread portion of a union nut is formed as an asymmetrical trapezoid, an included angle al of first flanks of the asymmetrical trapezoidal threads which contact with each other by fastening the union nut 3 is set to 70 to 90°, and an included angle &agr;2 of said flanks 9b and 20b opposite to the first flanks is set to 40 to 80°.

Abstract: In a pipe joint made of resin, a cap nut-like pressing ring is screwed to the outer periphery of a pipe receiving port of a joint body, and presses an inner ring from the outer side of a pipe member as a result of screw advancement toward the joint body. The inner peripheral face of an annular pressing portion of the pressing ring is formed into a straight shape. The inner diameter D of the annular pressing portion is set to be 1.0 to 1.1 times, preferably, 1.01 to 1.05 times the outer diameter d of the pipe member, and the length L of the straight inner peripheral face portion in the axial direction is set to be 0.2 to 1.0 times, preferably, 0.2 to 0.8 times the outer diameter d of the pipe member, whereby the rotational resistance in a process of fastening the pressing ring is reduced, so that the loss of fastening torque can be reduced and a predetermined sealing force and a predetermined slipping off resistance can be ensured.

Abstract: A plug portion 23 which engages to a socket 13, to which a liquid transport hose and a gas transport hose 7 are connected, is provided to a plug 12 which closes an aperture portion which is formed in a container. A liquid conduit 26 on the side of the plug 12 which is communicated to a liquid conduit 56 on the side of the socket 13 is formed on the inner side of the plug portion 23, while a gas conduit 41 on the side of the plug 12 which is communicated to gas conduits 52 and 63 on the socket side is formed on the outer side of the plug portion 23. By this construction, it is possible to anticipate simplified and reduced cost manufacture for a connector which excels in convenience due to having a plurality of conduits.

Abstract: A pipe joint connecting a pipe using an anaerobic adhesive, which possesses a double pipe structure formed with an inner pipe fitting into the inner circumference side of the end of the pipe, and an outer pipe fitting into the outer circumference side of the end of the pipe, integrated with a gap between them, and a tapered surface formed with at least one or the other of the inner piper or outer pipe approaching the other; and a pleated O-ring provided on the end of the outer pipe to set the pipe in place by tightening an O-ring locking material supported by the outer pipe.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preventing slipping-off of a tube in a pipe joint made of resin which, even when an abnormal fluid pressure or an abnormal mechanical pulling force other than the internal pressure is applied, can sufficiently exert the function of preventing slipping-off of the tube, and sealing function to ensure the safety. In a method of preventing slipping-off of a tube in a pipe joint made of resin in which a union nut (2) is fastened to a joint body (1) to cause a pressing edge portion (19a) of the union nut (2) to abut against a diameter-increased root portion (17) of a tube (3), thereby pressing one end of the tube (3) toward the joint body (1), a recess (20) is previously shaped in the diameter-increased root portion (17) of the tube (3), the recess being smaller in radius of curvature or angle than the diameter-increased root portion, and the pressing edge portion (19a) of the union nut (2) is then caused to abut against the recess (20).

Abstract: A drill string includes a plurality of tubular members each having a connection with a pin connector and a box connector on adjacent tubular members. The pin connector has an external thread with negative load flanks and positive stab flanks, adapted for threadingly engaging an internal thread second threads with negative load flanks and positive stab flanks on the box connector of the adjacent tubular member. The positive stab flanks have corner radiuses and the negative load flanks have radiuses forming a S-shape. The pin connector has an outer groove for receiving a protuberance on the terminal end of the box member forming locking shoulders. The protuberance and groove have contoured surfaces providing large metal-to-metal contact for preventing the contoured surfaces from sliding during over-torquing and cyclic bending of the drill string. The negative load flanks and locking shoulders lock the connection together.

Abstract: A connecting structure including a press-fitting body 341 of a press-fitting member 34 is press-fitted into one end of a resin tube 1 to thereby form a diameter-enlarged end portion 1a at one end of the resin tube 1 and fixedly engage an axially-inner end portion of the diameter-enlarged end portion with inner circumferential surface of a base portion 271 of a connection member 27. A sealing member 71 is fitted into an annular outer circumferential groove formed in the outer circumference of the diameter-enlarged end portion. An end portion 551 of a mating member 55 is fitted onto or inserted into the diameter-enlarged end portion, so that the end portion 551 engages the outer circumference of the sealing member in a fluid-tight condition. Upon insertion or fitting of the end portion of the mating member, a second engagement portion 552 projecting radially outward from the outer circumferential surface of the end portion 551 of the mating member 55 engages arm portions 272 of the connection member.

Abstract: In a pipe joint made of resin of the invention, a cap nut-like pressing ring 9 is screwed to the outer periphery of a pipe receiving port 2 of a joint body 1, and presses an inner ring 8 from the outer side of a pipe member 10 as a result of screw advancement toward the joint body 1. The inner peripheral face 9b of an annular pressing portion 9B of the pressing ring 9 is formed into a straight shape. The inner diameter D of the annular pressing portion is set to be 1.0 to 1.1 times, preferably, 1.01 to 1.05 times the outer diameter d of the pipe member 10, and the length L of the straight inner peripheral face portion in the axial direction is set to be 0.2 to 1.0 times, preferably 0.2 to 0.8 times the outer diameter d of the pipe member 10, whereby the rotational resistance in a process of fastening the pressing ring 9 is reduced, so that the loss of the fastening torque can be reduced and a predetermined sealing force and a predetermined slipping off resistance can be ensured.

Abstract: The invention provides a pipe joint made of resin in which a predetermined pressing force in the axial direction corresponding to a fastening torque of a union nut can be obtained, and the strength of threads can be enhanced.

Abstract: A quick-connect coupling for interconnecting only matching fluid delivery and supply lines while preventing the inadvertent connection of mismatched lines where there are matched and mismatched delivery and supply lines. The coupling includes first and second coupling members that are releasably slidably, axially interfitted with their passageways in fluid communication. In the disclosed embodiment of a coupling for use in a chemical extraction system, one coupling member is a male member connected to the supply lines in the typical fifty gallon drum and the other coupling member is a female coupling member connected to the delivery lines. Key coding elements on the coupling members are movable into matched interengagement when the supply and delivery lines are matched but are precluded from moving into matched interengagement when the lines are mismatched.