Patent ID: 11867326
Assignee: AALBERTS INTEGRATED PIPING SYSTEMS LIMITED
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 10:
11. A press fitting for pipes, comprising:
a socket with an insertion space for a pipe end to be inserted therein, the insertion space having a press region which is delimited by a press wall part;
an annular groove-shaped space present in or delimited by the press wall part; and
a sealing ring placed in the annular groove-shaped space,
wherein the press region is plastically deformable from a non-compressed state towards a compressed state during a radially inward directed pressing action exerted by a press tool causing the press wall part to radially compress while the sealing ring comes to lie sealing all around its circumference against an inserted pipe end, and
wherein the sealing ring is a profiled leak-before press sealing ring according to claim 1.