Abstract A device for connecting piping parts, such as a pipe section, to a ball valve, in a piping system. The invention comprises, in combination, a glass-ceramic connector having a radiallyextending peripheral flange at one end, and a retaining ring of a slightly greater diameter than the connector, the ring having a converse mating portion with the flange, the ceramic connector placed in an abutting relationship with another portion of the piping system, such as a ball valve. The retaining ring is positioned about the peripheral flange of the glass-ceramic connector; a similar connector and ring are positioned on the other end of the piping system, such as a ball valve, and means pressing the ring against the flange portion of the connector so as to hold the ring against a gasket interposed between the ring and the flange of the valve. A peripheral bead at the other end of the connector provides a means for joining the connector to the other parts of a piping system, providing a glass-ceramic path for fluid flows.
A device for interconnecting parts of a glass-ceramic piping system, such as a ball valve, to other parts of said system, comprising: a. an elongated, hollow glass-ceramic connector, said connector having a flange at the periphery of one end, said flange having a pair of substantially parallel, smooth surfaces extending in a radial plane; b. the other end of the connector having a radial bead about the periphery thereof; c. a retaining ring, said ring positioned about the flange and the ring being a converse mating portion to the flange; d. a resilient material, said material positioned between the connecting ring and the flange; e. a gasket, said gasket interposed between a second smooth surface of the flange and a surface of the ball valve, said surfaces extending in a radial plane about the longitudinal length of the connector; f. means for urging the bearing of the ring against said resilient material so as to exert pressure against the resilient material interposed between the ring and a radial surface of the flange and in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal center line of the connector, thereby positioning the connector against a surface of the gasket interpositioned between the said connector and the ball valve; and g. providing a continuous, glass-ceramic fluid path between the ball valve and any other portion of the glass-ceramic piping system.
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Independent Claim
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A device for interconnecting parts of a glass-ceramic piping system, such as a ball valve, to other parts of said system, comprising: a. an elongated, hollow glass-ceramic connector, said connector having a flange at the periphery of one end, said flange having a pair of substantially parallel, smooth surfaces extending in a radial plane; b. the other end of the connector having a radial bead about the periphery thereof; c. a retaining ring, said ring positioned about the flange and the ring being a converse mating portion to the flange; d. a resilient material, said material positioned between the connecting ring and the flange; e. a gasket, said gasket interposed between a second smooth surface of the flange and a surface of the ball valve, said surfaces extending in a radial plane about the longitudinal length of the connector; f. means for urging the bearing of the ring against said resilient material so as to exert pressure against the resilient material interposed between the ring and a radial surface of the flange and in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal center line of the connector, thereby positioning the connector against a surface of the gasket interpositioned between the said connector and the ball valve; and g. providing a continuous, glass-ceramic fluid path between the ball valve and any other portion of the glass-ceramic piping system.