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

Claim 7:
8. A pipe joint according to claim 1, wherein the or each first groove or channel and each of the second grooves or channels in the internal surface of the wall of the receiving recess of the first conduit section and the external surface of the second connection end of the second conduit section, respectively as the case may be, are of a different shape or configuration from one another;
and wherein the or each first groove or channel is of a first cross-sectional shape configured to substantially match a radially outer section or portion of the anchoring element, and each of the second grooves or channels is of a second cross-sectional shape configured to substantially match a radially inner section or portion of the anchoring element;
and wherein the exterior cross-sectional shape or configuration of the elongate flexible anchoring element is shaped so as to substantially match the interior cross-sectional shape or configuration of the or the respective combination of the first groove or channel and the plurality of second grooves or channels when the first groove or channel and the plurality of second grooves or channels are brought into register or alignment upon the insertion of the second connection end of the second conduit section into the receiving recess of the first conduit section.