Patent ID: 9341297
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: F16L

Claim Text:
1. Closure element for closing an end of a pipe, the closure element having a circular base cover, configured in an assembled condition to close the end of the pipe and including on a side facing towards the pipe at least two clamping elements, wherein the clamping elements are disposed in the assembled condition to be supported on an inner surface of the pipe and hold the base cover for closing the end of the pipe, wherein the clamping elements are releasably attached to the base cover and are configured to be attached in various positions to the base cover for selectively adjusting the radial position of the clamping elements on the base cover, wherein the clamping elements can be attached via a raster-like plug-in connection to the base cover in raster-like positions in accordance with the currently provided wall thickness of the end of the pipe to be closed, wherein the outer diameter of the base cover corresponds at most to the outer diameter of the pipe, and wherein the raster-like attachment of the clamping elements to the base cover is adapted to the respective standard nominal wall thicknesses of the pipes to be closed.