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US4690174A
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Plastic pipe
Assignee: Uponor Innovation AB
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Filing: 1986-07-08
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Granted: 1987-09-01
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Expires: 2006-07-08
Abstract
Abstract This invention relates to a plastic pipe. The wall thickness of this kind of pipes is very small and, consequently, the impact strength is poor. The impact strength of pipes made of polyvinyl chloride can be improved by adding an admixture to the raw material, which, however, increases costs. According to the invention the impact strength can be improved by a ring-shaped elevation formed at the foot of the ribs on both sides thereof, which elevation joins the side wall of the rib over a sharp transitional juncture.
Inventors
- 👤 Jyri Jarvenkyla
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 17:23
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16L; F16L9/00; F16L9/12; F16L9/127; F16L9/006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A plastic pipe comprising a tubular wall having an inner and an outer face, mutually spaced circumfential ribs having side walls protruding from said outer face and extending at substantially right angles with said wall and circumfential elevations protruding from said outer face of the wall and being integral with said pipe wall and said ribs, the elevations having an outer face joining both the side walls of the ribs, and the juncture between the side walls of said ribs and the outer face of said elevations being sharp.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
89 words
A plastic pipe comprising a tubular wall having an inner and an outer face, mutually spaced circumfential ribs having side walls protruding from said outer face and extending at substantially right angles with said wall and circumfential elevations protruding from said outer face of the wall and being integral with said pipe wall and said ribs, the elevations having an outer face joining both the side walls of the ribs, and the juncture between the side walls of said ribs and the outer face of said elevations being sharp.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
63 words
A plastic pipe according to claim 1 wherein the outer face of at least one of the elevations is inclined with respect to the outer face of the pipe wall in such a manner that the radial distance thereof from the outer face of the pipe wall increases in the axial direction away from the side face of the rib it respectively joins.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
A plastic pipe according to claim 1, wherein the outer face of at least one of the elevations is inclined with respect to the outer face of the pipe wall in such a manner that the radial distance thereof from the outer face of the pipe wall decreases in the axial direction away from the side face of the rib it respectively joins.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A plastic pipe according to claim 1, wherein the outer face of at least one of the elevations extends in parallel with the outer face of the pipe.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
A plastic pipe according to claim 1, wherein the juncture of the outer face of each elevation and the side wall of the rib it joins has a radius of rounding not more than about 10 percent of the thickness of the rib.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A plastic pipe according to claim 1, wherein the width of each elevation is about half of the thickness of each rib.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A plastic pipe according to claim 1, wherein each rib protrudes to a free end, the free end of each rib having a semi-circular cross-section.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
57 words
A plastic pipe according to claim 1, wherein each rib protrudes to a free end thereof, the thickness of each rib increasing from the free end of the rib towards the pipe wall, the side walls of each rib being inclined with respect to a plane extending transversely to the pipe wall not more than about 3°.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
A plastic pipe according to claim 1, made of polyvinyl chloride comprising 5 to 30 percent of a material which heightens the notch effect thereof.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
A plastic pipe according to claim 1, wherein the greatest height of said elevations, measured from the outer face of the pipe, is about half the thickness of said ribs.
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