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

Claim 12:
13. A pipe joint according to claim 1, wherein the anchoring element has a radial dimension at any given axial location therealong which is at least equal to the combined radial dimensions of the aligned respective first and second grooves or channels, or in the case of the bridging portion of the anchoring element at least the combined radial dimensions of the aligned first groove or channel and a portion of a conduit section wall between respective ones of the second grooves or channels, into and/or between which the anchoring element is to be seated, at that axial location;
wherein the radial dimension of the anchoring element which corresponds to the thickness of the strip forming the anchoring element is, at any of two or more selected axial locations therealong, greater than the corresponding radial dimension of the respective first groove or channel, whereby those selected axial locations correspond to and form enlarged said anchoring portions of the anchoring element which fit snugly within the respective second grooves or channels aligned therewith when the anchoring strip is inserted into the respective first and second grooves or channels from the outside of the first conduit section; and
wherein the radial dimension of the anchoring element, at any given axial location therealong, is greater than the combined radial dimensions of the aligned first and second grooves or channels or the space between the first groove or channel and the portion of the conduit section wall between the respective second grooves or channels.