Patent ID: 11965618
Assignee: HULTEC ACQUISITION, LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 11:
12. A rigid gasket segment for inhibiting separation of a pair of joined pipes comprising:
a spigot tooth with a spigot tooth vertices,
a plurality of bell teeth including a first tooth with a first tooth vertices, a second tooth with a second tooth vertices, a third tooth with a third tooth vertices, and a fourth tooth with a fourth tooth vertices, and
a first length defined between the spigot tooth vertices and the first tooth vertices, a second length defined between the spigot tooth vertices and the second tooth vertices, a third length defined between the spigot tooth vertices and the third tooth vertices, and a fourth length defined between the spigot tooth vertices and the fourth tooth vertices, the second length being greater than the first length, the third length being greater than the second length and the fourth length being greater than the third length,
wherein each of the first tooth vertices, the second tooth vertices, the third tooth vertices and the fourth tooth vertices is formed by segment wall portions intersecting at an angle of about 60°.