Pipe coupling

Claim 2

A pipe coupling for joining a beaded end glass pipe and a plain end glass pipe in alignment along a common axis comprising: a single outer metallic clamping band; a resilient elastomeric sleeve member positioned within said outer clamping band; a chemically resistant liner positioned within said elastomeric sleeve for positioning receiving end portions of coupled pipes; said metal band having outer and inner linear peripheral portions which lie wholly within and terminate within parallel planes extending parallel to the axis of the coupled pipes; said band having perforation means extending therethrough for receiving portions of said elastomeric sleeve thereabout as the band is tightened thereabout and for inhibiting longitudinal elongation of the band along the axis of the pipes; said elastomeric sleeve having rim portions which extend both radially and axially outwardly of said clamping band; said elastomeric sleeve having unequal force distribution means in the form of varying diametrical thicknesses along its extent over the plain end pipe for creating greater force on the plain end pipe than on the beaded end pipe upon the tightening of the clamping band; said liner being positionably retained within a cavity formed in an inner periphery of said sleeve member; said sleeve member having a plurality of internal pressure ridges adjacent the plain end pipe; and said pressure ridges having an adhesive coating thereon for increasing the coefficient of friction of the surfaces of said pressure ridges.

Claim 3

A coupling for joining end portions of a pair of glass pipes together in axial alignment wherein one pipe has a beaded end and the other pipe has a plain end; said coupling comprising a single metal outer clamping band, an elastomeric sleeve member positioned within said outer clamping band, and a liner for protecting said elastomeric material positionably retained by said sleeve member adjacent the ends of said coupled pipes; a cross-section of said metal outer clamping band which lies within a plane passing through and containing the axis of the axially aligned pipes, has parallel inner and outer linear peripheral surfaces which lie wholly within and terminate in parallel planes lying parallel to the axis of said pipes; said metal outer clamping band having means for restraining the longitudinal flow of the elastomeric sleeve member along the pipe axis as the clamping band is tightened about the sleeve member; said restraining means including a plurality of perforations extending through the outer periphery of said metal band which receive portions of the elastomeric sleeve therewithin upon the tightening of the band about the sleeve; said sleve member including means for providing unequal force distribution to the coupled pipes along the longitudinal extent of said clamping band; said unequal force distribution means including varying diametrical thicknesses along various designated segments of the longitudinal extent of said sleeve for creating more force generated by said band on said plain end pipe than said beaded end pipe to securely couple the same together as the clamping band is tightened; said sleeve member being formed of an elastomeric material, and including means for limiting the expansion of the elastomeric sleeve along the axis of the coupled pipes; said limiting means including a plurality of recesses formed in inner and outer peripheral surfaces of said sleeve for reducing the amount of material that can be deformed axially during the tightening of the clamping band; said sleeve member having means for isolating segments thereof and for creating distinctive pressure zones along its longitudinal extent; and said sleeve member having means for positionably retaining said liner.

Claim 4

A coupling for joining end portions of a pair of glass pipes together in axial alignment wherein one pipe has a beaded end and the other pipe has a plain end; said coupling comprising a single metal outer clamping band, an elastomeric sleeve member positioned within said outer clamping band, and a liner for protecting said elastomeric material positionably retained by said sleeve member adjacent the ends of said coupled pipes; a cross-section of said metal outer clamping band which lies within a plane passing through and containing the axis of the axially aligned pipes, has parallel inner and outer linear peripheral surfaces which lie wholly within and terminate in parallel planes lying parallel to the axis of said pipes; said metal outer clamping band having means for restraining the longitudinal flow of the elastomeric sleeve member along the pipe axis as the clamping band is tightened about the sleeve member; said restraining means including a plurality of perforations extending through the outer periphery of said metal band which receive portions of the elastomeric sleeve therewithin upon the tightening of the band about the sleeve; said sleve member including means for providing unequal force distribution to the coupled pipes along the longitudinal extent of said clamping band; said unequal force distribution means including varying diametrical thicknesses along various designated segments of the longitudinal extent of said sleeve for creating more force generated by said band on said plain end pipe than said beaded end pipe to securely couple the same together as the clamping band is tightened; said sleeve member being formed of an elastomeric material, and including means for limiting the expansion of the elastomeric sleeve along the axis of the coupled pipes; said limiting means including a plurality of recesses formed in inner and outer peripheral surfaces of said sleeve for reducing the amount of material that can be deformed axially during the tightening of the clamping band; said sleeve member having means for isolating segments thereof and for creating distinctive pressure zones along its longitudinal extent; and said sleeve member having means for positionably retaining said liner.