Patent ID: 11920706
Assignee: MUELLER INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A method of using a mechanical joint restraint, the method comprising:
inserting an end of a pipe length into a gland bore of a gland, a ring bore of a gripping ring, and a gasket bore of a gasket, the gland, the gripping ring, and the gasket together forming the mechanical joint restraint, wherein:
inserting the end of the pipe length into the socket of the piping element comprises contacting a stop lip of the gasket with the end of the pipe length, the stop lip extending radially inward from a pipe collar extending axially inward from a sealing band of the gasket with respect to an axis of the gasket, the stop lip defining a lip height; and
the gasket further comprises a second stop lip extending radially outward from a remaining portion of the gasket with respect to an axis defined by the gasket bore of the gasket, the second stop lip defining a second lip height;

inserting at least a portion of the gasket of the mechanical joint restraint into a socket of a piping element;
inserting the end of the pipe length into the socket of the piping element; and
drawing the gland towards a flange of the piping element to compress the gasket into sealing engagement with the piping element and the pipe length.