Ball and socket pipe joint

Claim 1

A BALL AND SOCKET PIPE JOINT COMPRISING, A BALL MEMBER HAVING A BALL AT ONE END THEREOF, A CONDUIT MEMBER HAVING A CYLINDER AT ONE END THEREOF, SAID BALL MEMBER AND CONDUIT MEMBER BEING DISPOSED IN END-TO-END RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID BALL AND SAID CYLINDER CONFRONTING EACH OTHER, A FIRST BEARING FOR SAID BALL DISPOSED BETWEEN THE CONFRONTING PORTIONS OF SAID BALL AND SAID CYLINDER, THE OUTER DIAMETERS OF SAID BALL, FIRST BEARING AND CYLINDER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL, A PACKING SLEEVE DISPOSED AROUND SAID BALL, FIRST BEARING AND CYLINDER, A CASING DISPOSED AROUND SAID PACKING SLEEVE, A SECOND BEARING FOR SAID BALL DISPOSED IN SAID CASING ADJACENT SAID BALL AND OPPOSITE SAID FIRST BEARING, SAID CASING HAVING AN INWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE FOR RESTRAINING SAID SECOND BEARING FROM MOVING OUT OF SAID CASING, THE END OF SAID PACKING SLEEVE ADJACENT SAID BALL ABUTTING SAID SECOND BEARING, FIRST MEANS FOR TIGHTENING SAID PACKING SLEEVE, SAID FIRST MEANS COMPRISING A FIRST LEAF SPRING HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING FOR SAID CYLINDER AND A COLLAR FOR ENGAGING THE END OF SAID PACKING SLEEVE ADJACENT SAID CYLINDER, THE ENDS OF SAID FIRST LEAF SPRING BEING ADJUSTABLY SECURED TO THE END OF SAID CASING ADJACENT SAID CYLINDER, WHEREBY SAID COLLAR URGES SAID PACKING SLEEVE AGAINST SAID RESTRAINED SECOND BEARING, SECOND MEANS FOR TIGHTENING SAID FIRST SECOND BEARINGS, SAID SECOND MEANS COMPRISING A SECOND LEAF SPRING ATTACHED AT ITS MIDPORTION TO SAID CYLINDER, THE ENDS OF SAID SECOND LEAF SPRING BEING ADJUSTABLY SECURED TO THE END OF SAID CASING ADJACENT SAID CYLINDER, WHEREBY SAID CYLINDER URGES SAID FIRST BEARING AGAINST SAID BALL, AND SAID BALL AGAINST SAID RESTRAINED SECOND BEARING.