Abstract: A three component coupling assembly consisting essentially of plastic male and female coupling members and an annular seal. The female member has a male fitting engaging end portion formed with interior threads for cooperatively threadedly engaging a threaded male hose fitting. The remaining female coupling portion has a generally cylindrical interior periphery of a smaller diameter size defining at a position adjacent the inner end of the interior threads an annular shoulder. The interior periphery has formed therein a plurality of annularly spaced grooves extending from the outer end thereof through the annular shoulder and a corresponding plurality of correspondingly annularly spaced notches extending from the annular shoulder toward the outer end. The seal has an outer annular portion seaingly engaging an uninterrupted outer sealing surface of the shoulder and an inner annular portion extending over the notches and grooves formed in the shoulder.

Abstract: The female element includes male-element locking teeth and locking-teeth thrusting means formed as single body of a resiliently flexible material, with which there cooperates a retaining ring which is able to cause movement of the teeth to a releasing position.

Abstract: A pipe coupling device particularly adapted for receiving and holding in sealing engagement with a pair of opposed ends of first and second pipe sections, a coupling element or valve member also having opposed end portions. The coupling device includes a pair of opposed sets of valve holders, each set including a pipe flange connectable to the end of a corresponding adjacent pipe section, inner valve guide members for slidably receiving the opposite end portion of the valve member, and an annular gasket between each of the sets of end flange members and guide members. The two sets of valve holders are secured together by a pair of transversely spaced upper tie rods and a lower tie rod to permit the free insertion of the valve member between the upper tie rod and into operative position within the respective guide members.

Abstract: Complementary elongated members of generally semi-cylindrical cross-section are provided. These members are assembled on pipes to be joined so as to enclose the joint between the pipes, and the members include abutting edges extending lengthwise of the pipes and arranged to be bonded together. The coupler is provided with one or more recesses extending across the abutting edges of the elongated members. Reinforcing elements are received in each of these recesses and extend across the abutting edges for reinforcing the coupler. The reinforcing members are bonded to the surfaces of the recesses and to the elongated members. In one form of the invention spaced lugs are provided on each of the elongated members and extend transversely of the line formed by the abutting edges. The reinforcing members are in a form of flat keys which are received between spaced lugs, extend transversely across the line of the abutting edges and are bonded to the lugs and to the elongated members.

Abstract: An inner tube element for a coring apparatus comprising a double tube, made of synthetic resin reinforced with fibers and provided at its ends with connecting nipples, is entirely made of synthetic resin and overlaps, at each of its ends, a part of the nipples having a rough surface gripped by said fibers, preferably in the form of webs of glass fibers.The inner tube element is manufactured by a process in which two nipples or couplings are placed onto a cylindrical mandrel having a constant section and rotating about its longitudinal axis, at a predetermined distance corresponding to the tube element to be manufactured, a part of said nipples having an inner diameter substantially identical to the diameter of the mandrel and having a rough surface, and fibers coated with a synthetic resin are wound helically onto said cylindrical mandrel, so as to overlap the rough part of said nipples.

Abstract: A pipe coupling for connecting pipes end to end in fluid tight fashion. A sleeve having open ends receives the end portions of the pipes. The sleeve has a pair of ribs on its inside surface which snap into mating grooves on the pipe ends when the pipe ends are fully inserted. A clamping band is tightened on the sleeve to squeeze it against the pipes and to deform the ribs such that they completely fill the grooves. A series of striations on the inside surface of the sleeve also seal against the pipes.

Abstract: An elastomeric joint (10) for use with couplings (100), pipe (201 to 204), connectors (205) and the like is described. The elastomeric joint is particularly adapted to provide ease of mounting of the pipe, particularly plastic pipe, between couplings embedded in the floors (500 and 500a) in the construction of buildings.

Abstract: A quick acting coupler including a pair of identical connector members which axially interfit with one another and which are positively drawn together when rotated through a portion of a revolution thereby to transmit axial, shear, and bending loads. The connector members each have a central hub with interfitting axial fingers and grooves. The fingers are provided with flanges which extend radially inwardly. With the connector members in axial interengagement, the fingers of one connector member are received in the axial grooves of the other connector member. Partial flanges are provided on each connector member which cooperate with the flanges upon rotating the connector members relative to one another thereby to positively, axially draw the connector members into end-to-end abutting engagement.

Abstract: Sterile connectors which utilize tabs or strips, portions which can be withdrawn from apertures which are to be interconnected in sterile fashion are disclosed. The connectors disclosed are utilized in conditions of differential pressure between the inside of conduits to which the connectors are coupled and the surrounding ambient. Contamination resulting from air flow due to the pressure differential is prevented by encasing the tab or strip in a sleeve or extension which isolates the strip or tab from the surrounding ambient. When a pair of sterile connectors is mated, deformable washers are brought into contact and the tabs or strips are pulled through channels in the washers into the sleeves or extensions while portions of the washers remain in contact forming an hermetic seal.

Abstract: The invention is a pipe coupling particularly adapted for coupling together the ends of pipes that may or may not have annular end ribs, i.e. spigot beads. The coupling embodies a gasket into which the ends of the pipes are fitted. Deformable (semi-rigid) clamping members clamp around the gasket and the ends of the pipe. These members have shallow internal annular recesses. The gasket has diametrically opposed extending ears which are clamped between mating end parts forming lugs on the clamping members. The gasket has an integral external annular rib which fits into the annular recesses in the clamping members; pipes with spigot beads are accommodated in the annular recesses of the clamping members. The clamping members when clamped (torqued) deform to apply clamping pressure to the gasket throughout the entire circumference.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for joining sealingly incompatible plastic materials is disclosed. A coextruded connector (10) with separate, telescopically related layers (12,14) is affixed to one of the materials. The outer layer (14) of connector (10) is composed of a polymer specifically selected to melt or deform at a temperature lower than that of inner layer (12). The connector is frictionally fit within a second material to be joined and the connection is heated to a temperature sufficient to melt or deform outer layer (14) without melting inner layer (12). Outer layer 14 is thereby securely fused to the second material or blood container.A secondary embodiment is disclosed for joining materials of similar composition. Two coextruded connectors (40,46), having telescopically related layers composed of different polymer materials, are formed, as above, but the layer sequence of each connector is opposite to the other.

Abstract: A hose coupling having a sleeve (12 or 16) connected to a male or female threaded member (10 or 14). A male clamp (20) is connected to a female clamp (22) by a screw (38) that is turned into an extended receiving chuck (28) on the male clamp (20) such that the end of the hose (18) is held in compression between the sleeve (12 or 16) and the male and female clamps (20 and 22). The receiving chuck (28) is located adjacent the arcuate end of a curved surface (26) of the male clamp (20) such that a ring of compression between hose (18 ) and sleeve (12 or 16) is formed completely around the circumference of the hose.

Abstract: A laundry outlet box comprises a box-like one-piece molded plastic housing having top, bottom and side walls circumscribing an axis of the box and a back wall and open front face normal to such axis. The bottom wall of the housing slopes downwardly toward the center to a drain opening and is provided at its underside with a tailpipe adaptor including coextensive radially spaced pipe-like extensions concentric with the drain opening, which extensions are adapted for selective coupling to drain pipes of different sizes. The housing is adapted to be recess mounted in a wall between vertical wall supports by interchangeable L-shape mounting brackets arranged in pairs on each side of the box with the laterally extending legs vertically spaced apart and adapted to have optionally secured therebetween electrical outlet boxes at one or both sides of the box.

Abstract: Wellhead distribution valving (known in the trade as a Xmas tree) are protected from potential thieves by security apparatus that prevents access to the mounting flange bolts of the wellhead valving. This security apparatus comprises a housing having two similar half sections. Each half section includes an outer wall, a semi-annular top and a semi-annular bottom. A plurality of locking members are integrally attached to the outer wall at each half to mate with a locking receptacle attached to the inner surface of the outer wall of the mating half section. An inner core of a metallic material is incorporated into the outer wall, the top and the bottom to increase the difficulty of penetration through the surface housing.

Abstract: A fuel tank of a synthetic resinous material, especially for motor vehicles, with a connecting socket of a synthetic resinous material arranged in a lower zone of the fuel tank. The connecting socket is provided on its outside wall with a metal sleeve. The metal sleeve freely projects into an interior of a fuel tank and terminates beyond an inner end of the connecting socket. An outer end of the metal sleeve is set back or axially spaced from an outer end of the connecting socket.

Abstract: A pair of tubular coupling members (2, 3) are joined in a telescopic relationship to form a continuous passageway (25) of substantially uniform diameter. A plurality of resilient clamping fingers (27) are biased in a radially outward direction and axially extend from one coupling member (3) to surround an annular projection (10) provided by another coupling member (2). A slidable annular locking sleeve (4) removably engages camming surfaces (25) to urge the clamping fingers (22) into firm locking engagement to surround the annular projection (10) and securely maintain the coupling members (2, 3) together. The connector maintains a fluid tight seal without directly subjecting a gasket (12) to the solutions to maintain a sterile connection.

Abstract: A connection between two pipes of a pipeline includes a pair of coupling members having externally threaded ends with sealing surfaces projecting from the ends. The threaded ends are advanced into opposite ends of an insulating sleeve fabricated of electrically nonconductive material. Internally threaded end portions of the sleeve are separated by an annular recessed portion. A resilient, nonconductive annular spacer is retained within the annular recessed portion. The spacer includes a pair of inclined inner sealing surfaces positioned in overlying sealing relation with the coupling member sealing surfaces and an outer sealing surface sealingly engaging the insulating sleeve to form a fluid and pressure tight seal around the annular space between the coupling members and the insulating sleeve in addition to electrically insulating the coupling members from each other.

Abstract: An electrical duct connector has a pipe form of essentially the same cross-section geometry as duct ends to be connected thereby, but of an outer wall diameter (or the like) corresponding to the interior diameter or the like of the duct ends so that the connector fits snugly into the duct ends. The connector may have two, three or more ends and is made of multipiece form with elongated tongue and groove connections in mating wall portions including, preferably, gaps near the ends of the tongues and teeth from the opposite portion of the split construction of any given connector to engage the gaps and preferably also comprising exterior catches for duct ends with reliefs in the connector wall to make the catches resilient and further locking element such as a pin connection at an angle elbow (if any) of the split-construction connector.

Abstract: An irrigation system is constructed from PVC pipe which is tapped into a main waterline buried beneath the surface of the earth. The main waterline is constructed from sections of plastic irrigation pipe having male and female coupling ends, and holes are drilled in the coupled portions of the main waterline pipes so as to permit insertion of water distributing PVC pipes. By drilling the holes in the coupled portions of the main waterline, a double wall thickness is provided for strength into which is insertable PVC nipples which in turn are connectible to PVC risers extending above the ground. PVC emitter pipes may then be connected to the risers through the use of nipples or alternatively, the emitter pipes and risers may be of a unitary, integral construction. A plurality of orifices are provided in the emitter pipes so as to facilitate the distributing of water across the surface of the ground.

Abstract: An improved connector is disclosed for coupling the output breathing circuit connection from a conventional anesthesiology machine to the open proximal end of a conventional endotracheal tube. The connector includes a cylindrical input section, a central flange portion, a cylindrical output section, and a bore extending concentrically therethrough. The input section is provided with a stepped outer cylindrical surface for coupling to the breathing circuit connection. The flange portion is provided with sides or faces to facilitate manual gripping of the connector between the thumb and fingers. Openings are provided through a part of the flange portion to permit the connector to be physically tied to the breathing circuit connection. The inner cylindrical wall of the bore of the cylindrical output section is provided with a narrow ridge or annular ring projecting radially inward.

Abstract: The specification describes a connector fitting for flexible corrugated tubing having parallel, coaxial corrugations; the connector comprising a bushing with a housing for accommodating in use the end of a length of corrugated tubing which housing is provided with at least one opening for receiving a locking element which is generally C-shaped in form and has resilient legs, the inner surface of the locking element is provided with a plurality of ribs the thickness of which corresponds approximately to the spacing of adjacent corrugations of the tubing and the opening in the housing is bounded by a pair of bridge pieces separation of which is substantially the same as the distance between the outermost surfaces of the legs of the locking element. A seal may be provided which in use lies between the outer surface of the corrugated tubing and the inner surface of the housing, the seal having a toroidal end part lying between the end of the corrugated tubing and a stop formed in the housing.

Abstract: A flexible tubular assembly having an outer tube and located therein an inner tube. One end of the inner tube is in communication with the locale of the nasal passages of a patient. The other end of the inner tube is provided with the safety connector at an end portion of the outer tube externally with respect to the outside of the connector through a wall thereof. The external connection includes a tubular nipple that is at an angle with respect to the connector and is the safety connector feature of the present invention.

Abstract: A coupling to connect plastic pipe ends comprises:(a) a tubular coupling member consisting of plastic, and having a bore at its mid-portion, two counterbores respectively intersecting opposite ends of the member, and two annular step shoulders respectively between the counterbores and said bore,(b) plastic pipe ends inserted into the counterbores to extend proximate the step shoulders, the pipe ends adhesively joined to the counterbores,(c) threaded fasteners extending generally radially through the coupling member to intersect the counterbores, the fasteners having tapered threads and tips that penetrate radially into the pipe ends,(d) the fasteners having heads and there being seal means sealing off between the fasteners and the coupling member and pressurized therebetween.

Abstract: Pipe with socket end provided with an annular groove chamber containing a sealing ring supported by a support ring, which support ring compresses the sealing ring less than the final inserted spigot end. The support ring closes the groove and the sealing ring or the closed space is provided with lubricant.

Abstract: A ring-packed pipe spigot-and-socket connection in which an elastic rubber packing ring having an essentially V-shaped cross section is disposed in an annular groove provided in the inside wall of a socket in such a way that prior to the insertion of the spigot end, one of the two legs of the V-shaped packing ring lies substantially axially aligned and turned toward the outlet of the socket, while the other leg extends substantially radially into the interior of the socket. After insertion of the spigot end, the two legs of the V-shaped packing ring provide a seal at the external wall of the spigot end. In the process, the segment of the packing ring facing the two sealing legs, i.e. the "foot segment", seals against the bottom of the annular groove. The annular groove has the shape of a substantially shallow V-shaped chamber and is of such a width that it can accommodate the spread-out packing ring completely when the spigot end has been inserted in the socket.

Abstract: An improved combination of an open-ended casing section and a removable closure inset therein is disclosed. The casing section is of composite structure and comprises an annular bulge of bowed fiber sections which, together with underlying annular resin bodies, defines a groove in the inner surface of the casing section. The latter section is improved by incorporation of circumferentially wound fibers in the latter resin bodies and by a hoop of resin-coated fibers wound around the casing section between the apex of the bulge and the casing end. The closure assembly is improved by use of a head having an annular concavity in which is seated a retaining ring adapted to fit into the groove in the inner surface of the casing section when the head is urged toward the casing end.

Abstract: A coupling for mine ventilation conduits comprising a first tubular conduit having a flared end portion for receiving an end portion of a second tubular conduit, at least one of the conduits having an elongate flexible strap attached thereto having a length sufficient to reach the other tubular conduit. A resilient compressible strip is placed between said first and second tubular conduits around the periphery of the end position of the second tubular conduit. The coupling also includes a device for tightening the flexible strap length and for holding the strap in a tightened position, the device being secured to one of said conduits and providing for tightening of said strap to draw said tubular conduits together to compress the resilient strip between the flared end portion of the first conduit and the end portion of the second conduit to thereby provide a substantially air tight seal between said conduits.

Abstract: Fittings and methods for manufacturing fittings for piping are disclosed. The fittings are assembled from three identical molded pieces joined along longitudinal edges. Interfitting pieces form the joints between the sections and serve to draw the sections together during assembly and ensure roundness of the fitting. The technique is especially useful for the manufacture of fittings such as well screens, of synthetic polymeric materials.

Abstract: A header for solar-panels of the type comprising a slab provided with a plurality of parallel through-conduits has a prismatic body. The body is provided with a through-bore that has its axis disposed along the greater dimension of the prismatic body. An aperture made in one side of the prismatic body parallel to the axis of the through-bore is adapted for receiving one end of the slab. A device is provided for attaching the slab to tubular sleeves which project from, in cantilever fashion, the through-bore of the prismatic body.

Abstract: An electric welding muff for joining thermoplastic line elements comprising a welding sleeve and an electrical resistance heating wire. The sleeve is formed of thermoplastic material. The heating wire is wound in a plurality of turns and embedded in the sleeve adjacent one of its lateral surfaces and has peripherally spaced deformation points diverging from the general course of the turns. During manufacture and welding, the heating wire remains in its predetermined position since expansion of the wire is absorbed at the deformation points.

Abstract: A two-piece pipe fitting is disclosed for establishing a sealed connection between a pipe or fluid conduit and a connector body in the form of an electrostatic spray gun. The fitting comprises a flanged tube element and a threaded sleeve nut surrounding the tube element. The sleeve nut, when threaded into a threaded section of a bore in the connector body, forces the flange of the tube element into the bore so as to establish a sealed connection between the bore and the flanged end of the tube element.

Abstract: Tee-type leg bracket for supporting a tank, which has a hemispherical-type of bottom surface and a short nipple mounted on the bottom surface at substantially a right angle thereto. The bracket has a central frame, a tee vertically mounted on the central frame, and three support legs detachably attached to the central frame. The bottom surface of the tank rests on the top portion of the support legs. The contour of the top surface of the support legs matches the contour of the bottom surface of the tank. The top arm of the vertically-mounted tee mates with the short nipple mounted on the bottom of the tank. The means of attaching the support legs to the central frame involves vertical grooves in the edge region of the central frame. The mouth of each of the vertical grooves is narrower than the interior portion thereof. The number of vertical grooves is also equal in number to the support legs. There is a vertical rib on one end of each of the support legs.

Abstract: A duct system is disclosed for telephone cables and other cables and conductors. The duct system includes a conduit having multiple bores each adapted to contain a cable, and a hollow, tubular duct branching from the conduit and adapted to contain a single cable or group of cables. The duct system also includes a connection adapted at one end to be attached to the conduit and to communicate with one of the bores of the conduit and adapted at the other end to be attached to the end of the tubular duct. The connection provides an easily and economically installed means for connecting single bore tubular ducts to multiple bore conduits which maintains the integrity of the duct system, may be formed of a long-life plastic material, and which provides a smooth interior surface for the pulling of cables therethrough.

Abstract: Restrainer for joint in plastic conduit consisting of a retainer ring and a clamping ring drawn together by bolts.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced plastic pipe is provided with an integral flange, comprising circumferentially extending glass fiber fabrics. As the width of the fabrics exceeds the width of the finished flange, the fabrics are provided with inwardly bent parts at one or both side walls of the flange, or with undulating parts.

Abstract: A coupling comprises a body of fiber glass reinforced plastic which has a rubber sleeve embedded therein. The rubber sleeve is a one piece unit which includes specially shaped sealing gaskets on either end and has a rubber liner spanning the area between these sealing gaskets. This rubber sleeve is stretched onto a steel and plastic molding mandrel. This stretching places the rubber liner under tension which reduces the cross-sectional area of the liner and compensates for thermal expansion of the liner during curing. The mandrel/sleeve combination is rotated in order to wind a thermosetting resin impregnated fiber glass roving around the outer circumference of the mandrel/sleeve combination, thus embedding the sleeve in the fiber glass reinforced resin matrix. The thermosetting resin is cured at elevated temperatures, hardening into a rigid coupling with the embedded rubber sleeve integral therewith.

Abstract: A plastic composition which may be molded into a connector which is capable of simultaneously sealing to both polyvinyl chloride plastics and polyolefin plastics. The plastic composition comprises from 50 to 75 percent by weight of an essentially polyolefin material which is sealingly compatible with the polyolefin plastic to which the composition is intended to be sealed, and from 25 to 50 percent by weight of a flexible block copolymer of covalently bonded polybutylene terephthalate units and poly(1,4-butylene) oxide units.

Abstract: A coupling assembly for joining together the ends to a pair of tubes, particularly suitable for use with plastics material, includes a pair of flange bushings, a sealing arrangement effecting a centering function and two semicircular shells having a U-shaped inner cross-sectional profile, each of the shells being provided with a resilient pawl which joins the shells together circumferentially about the coupling assembly. The sealing arrangement includes a centering ring and an inner sealing ring with the outer diameter of the centering ring performing in cooperation with the inner contour of the shells a centering function for the sealing arrangement. This centering function prevents displacement of the sealing arrangement during assembly and operation and permits the utilization of different types of seals and of smooth end faces of the flange bushings.

Abstract: An arrangement in vertical tubular structures, such as rain-water drains and manholes, comprising a plurality of pipe sections placed one upon the other, for preventing the surrounding filling mass from penetrating the joints if the pipe sections move relative to one another. The arrangement comprises a sealing cuff arranged to be placed around the tubular structure in a manner such as to cover the joint between two mutually adjacent pipe sections, and to be pressed sealingly against the outer cylindrical surface of the two pipe sections. The sealing cuff is such as to permit a limited relative movement axially between the pipe sections. Suitably, a protective sleeve made of a rigid material is arranged around the pipe sections beneath the sealing cuff.

Abstract: Elastomeric pipe separators (14) are interlocked with an internal stop collar (10a) of a pipe coupling (10) to enable pipes (16 and 18) to be inserted as far as they will readily go into the pipe coupling (10) and yet allow for thermal expansion of the pipes (16 and 18) without damage to the pipes (16 and 18) or coupling (10).

Abstract: An electrically nonconducting hollow-profile structural part having a protective cover, preferably made of polyester threads or fibers, with a mechanically supporting glass-reinforced plastic core, especially for SF.sub.6 insulating gas technology. The hollow-profile structural part has an end that is conically shaped and connected to an attaching element with an oppositely facing conical surface by means of conically-constructed screw and/or cemented connections in such a way that the glass-fiber interfaces of the core exposed at the end surface are covered gastight by the cone superficies of the attaching element. As a result, the SF.sub.6 insulation gas products of separation which attack glass and which develop as a result of corona discharges cannot come into contact with the glass fibers.

Abstract: An attachment for flexible or rigid tubing including a male connector for extending into frictional engagement with either flexible or rigid tubing. The male connector includes a sealing member and a set of annular concentric ridges that provide means for sealing the male connector with either flexible or rigid tubing. A compression fastener holds the male connector and tubing in sealing engagement when the attachment is pressurized.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for fabricating plain-end pipe couplings. Ribbons of resin-soaked fiber reinforced plastic strands are wrapped about a rotating operably expandable mandrel which has placed therearound a pliable resilient form collar which defines an inner surface of such a coupling. After curing, the wrapped ribbons form a rigid coupling. The mandrel is thereafter collapsed and the coupling removed therefrom. The pliable collar is then separated from the coupling.

Abstract: A flexible plastic nipple for coupling a sprinkler head to a sprinkler system pipeline. The nipple includes an elongated plastic tube having a resilient center section and a pair of end sections. The center section has a uniform set of annular undulations which provides both rigidity and flexibility to the nipple. Each end section includes a rigid portion, a flexible threaded section, and a snub portion for mating the nipple with a connector fitting on the sprinkler head or pipeline. The threaded portions have sufficient flexibility to prevent rupturing or stripping when a force is transmitted to the nipple. In addition, the center section will bend before the force transmitted to the threaded portions becomes excessive and will rebound to its original position when the excessive force is removed.

Abstract: A pipe part comprising an abutment-edge and a retaining ring being interconnected by means of retaining strips or dumb-bells which dumb-bells or strips will yield under a load without breaking. The pipe part consists of a polyolefin, preferably a polypropylene.

Abstract: A connector sleeve for polyolefin pipe ends for connecting butted pipe ends by a coupling. The connector sleeve is metallic and has a pair of internal circumferential ribs mated in external grooves of the pipe end which is press-fitted within the sleeve in sealing relation. The connector sleeve has a pair of external grooves registering with the ribs formed by a pressing or rolling operation. Butted pipe ends with their fitted connector sleeves are connected by a coupling engaging the connector sleeves. The connector sleeve and pipe end have registering bevelled ends and in the fitting operation the sleeve and pipe end are axially aligned and forcefully engaged whereby the bevelled end of the connector sleeve causes the pipe end to be internally deflected and compressed in mating engagement with said connector sleeve.

Abstract: Disclosed is a quick connector which facilitates the spicing of tubing in communicating relationship. The quick connector has an inner tubular sleeve adapted to fit closely and coaxially over aligned tubing end portions and an O-ring seal positioned at each end of the sleeve and over each tubing end portion with an inner clamping sleeve, outer clamping sleeve and locking sleeve positioned respectively coaxially thereover.

Abstract: A self-tapping coupling for plastic piping has a hollow cylindrical section with external self-tapping threads and a sealing member with an O-ring whereby the sealing member is retained in the end of the plastic pipe by the threads cut by the cylindrical section when the latter is inserted in the end of the pipe with rotation.

Abstract: Apparatus for locating therein a pipe unit comprising:a housing having a chamber adapted to receive the union and a plurality of apertures for communicating with the union andmeans adapted to be removably secured to the housing adjacent a said aperture, the said means being adapted to engage the unionso that the union is secured in the housing when the said removable means is secured to the housing.

Abstract: A fitment for mounting on a vessel or tank .[.constructed of reinforcing filaments such as glass or other fibers located in a resin matrix.].. The fitment includes a platform or top wall which is generally planar and has a pair of generally opposing rectilinear sides. The platform is adapted for supplying a fitting for a hose or nozzle which can be removably attached thereto. Two legs depend from the sides of the platform. A pipe also depends from the central portion of the platform. The ends of the pipe and legs are adapted for securement to the wall of a tank or vessel .[.by bonding resin compatible with the resin of the fitment and the tank.].. The fitment is preferably constructed of layers of glass fiber reinforcing materials.