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Swivel pipe joint assembly

Assignee: FMC Corp
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Filing: 1962-06-18
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Granted: 1965-08-10
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Expires: 1982-06-18
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Armand L Faccou

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 20:49
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16L; F16L27/00; F16L27/08; F16L27/0804; F16L27/0837; F16L27/0845; F16L39/00; F16L39/04; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/6416; Y10T137/6579; Y10T137/8593; Y10T137/8807

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 188 words
S SWIVEL PIPE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PAIR OF INTERCONNECTED RELATIVELY ROTATABLE SWIVEL PIPE MEMBERS, AN ELBOWED PIPE SECTION JOINED AT ONE END TO EACH OF SAID MEMBERS, A FLANGED PIPE MEMBER JOINED TO THE OTHER END OF EACH OF SAID ELBOWED PIPE SECTIONS, A PAIR OF ARCUATE JACKETS WELDED AT THEIR ANNULAR ENDS TO SAID SWIVEL PIPE MEMBERS AND TO SAID FLANGED PIPE MEMBERS TO FORM CLOSED CHAMBERS AROUND SAID ELBOWED PIPE SECTIONS, A PAIR OF THREADED FITTINGS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED ONE QUATER TURN ABOUT SAID JACKET AT EACH END OF EACH OF SAID JACKETS FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION TO SAID CHMBERS, PLUGGING MEANS ON ONE OF EACH PAIR OF SAID FITTINGS, A FLEXIBLE HOSE CONNECTED TO THE OTHERS OF SAID FITTINGS AT BOTH SIDES OF SAID SWIVEL PIPE MEMBERS AND PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID CHAMBERS, SAID HOSE BEING OF SUCH A LENGTH THAT SAID SWIVEL PIPE MEMBERS MAY BE RELATIVELY ROTATED THROUGH A FULL 360 DEGREES, AND FLUID CONDUCTING LINES CONNECTED TO THE OTHERS OF SAID FITTINGS AT THE ENDS OF SAID JACKETS ADJACENT SAID FLANGED PIPES, SAID LINES AND SAID CHAMBERS AND SAID HOSE FORMING A CONTINUOUS PASSAGE
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 188 words
S SWIVEL PIPE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PAIR OF INTERCONNECTED RELATIVELY ROTATABLE SWIVEL PIPE MEMBERS, AN ELBOWED PIPE SECTION JOINED AT ONE END TO EACH OF SAID MEMBERS, A FLANGED PIPE MEMBER JOINED TO THE OTHER END OF EACH OF SAID ELBOWED PIPE SECTIONS, A PAIR OF ARCUATE JACKETS WELDED AT THEIR ANNULAR ENDS TO SAID SWIVEL PIPE MEMBERS AND TO SAID FLANGED PIPE MEMBERS TO FORM CLOSED CHAMBERS AROUND SAID ELBOWED PIPE SECTIONS, A PAIR OF THREADED FITTINGS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED ONE QUATER TURN ABOUT SAID JACKET AT EACH END OF EACH OF SAID JACKETS FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION TO SAID CHMBERS, PLUGGING MEANS ON ONE OF EACH PAIR OF SAID FITTINGS, A FLEXIBLE HOSE CONNECTED TO THE OTHERS OF SAID FITTINGS AT BOTH SIDES OF SAID SWIVEL PIPE MEMBERS AND PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID CHAMBERS, SAID HOSE BEING OF SUCH A LENGTH THAT SAID SWIVEL PIPE MEMBERS MAY BE RELATIVELY ROTATED THROUGH A FULL 360 DEGREES, AND FLUID CONDUCTING LINES CONNECTED TO THE OTHERS OF SAID FITTINGS AT THE ENDS OF SAID JACKETS ADJACENT SAID FLANGED PIPES, SAID LINES AND SAID CHAMBERS AND SAID HOSE FORMING A CONTINUOUS PASSAGE

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