Patent ID: 11873932
Assignee: MMC FITTINGS LIMITED
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 19:
20. A kit of parts for forming a joint according to claim 1 between a first conduit section and a second conduit section, wherein the said kit comprises:
the said first conduit section and the said second conduit section,
wherein the first conduit section has at least one first connection end comprising a wall defining a receiving recess for receiving a second connection end of the second conduit section,
and wherein one of an internal surface of the wall of the receiving recess of the first conduit section or an external surface of the second connection end of the second conduit section has formed therein at least one first groove or channel, and the other of the internal surface of the wall of the receiving recess of the first conduit section or the external surface of the second connection end of the second conduit section having formed therein a plurality of second grooves or channels, the plurality of second grooves or channels each being axially spaced apart from one another, and the or each first groove or channel and the plurality of second grooves or channels being accessible from the outside of at least the first conduit section; and

an elongate flexible anchoring element in the form of strip comprising a plurality of elongate anchoring portions transversely spaced apart from one another across the strip and joined by an elongate bridging portion disposed between the elongate anchoring portions and extending along the lengths of the anchoring portions so as to interconnect the elongate anchoring portions along the lengths, and the anchoring element being insertable into the at least one first groove or channel and the plurality of second grooves or channels so as to be seatable in and between both the said at least one first groove or channel and the plurality of second grooves or channels when the said at least one first groove or channel and the plurality of second grooves or channels have been brought into register or alignment upon insertion of the second connection end of the second conduit section into the receiving recess of the first conduit section,
whereby upon said insertion and seating of the anchoring element into and between the in-register or aligned at least one first groove or channel and the plurality of second grooves or channels, with the plurality of anchoring portions of the anchoring element seated in the said plurality of second grooves or channels, the first and second conduit sections are unitable so as to be axially substantially immovable relative to each other.