Pipe fitting

Claim 1

A pipe fitting comprising in combination: a rigid sheet metal sleeve formed from two angularly disposed cylindrical portions the inner peripheral edges of which intersect and are joined along a common plane disposed transverse and at an angle to both cylindrical portions, both longitudinal axes of the cylindrical portions lying in a single plane which is perpendicular to the common plane, the adjacent cylindrical portions disposed in the single plane meeting at an obtuse angle which is bisected by the common plane, a thick-walled annular resilient member disposed within and lining the sheet metal sleeve, the end portions of the resilient member having an annular enlarged internal diameter section for receiving the ends of pipes, the enlarged internal diameter sections extending inwardly such that a thickened central V-shaped section is left in the central section of the resilient member as viewed in the single plane, the angle included in the V-shaped section being the supplement of the obtuse angle, the inner surface of the central V-shaped section being dimensioned to be in line with the internal surfaces of the two pipes to be received in the annular enlarged internal diameter sections so as to provide smooth uninterrupted liquid flow, the sheet metal sleeve is split and the edges substantially overlap each other to provide for circumferential dimensional adjustment, and clamping means comprising a circumferential clamp adjacent each free end of the sheet metal sleeve to provide firm gripping of the ends of the pipes which are inserted within the annular enlarged internal diameter sections of the thick-walled annular resilient member.