Patent ID: 7025388
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: F16L,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A sealed joint for an overhead pipe system for a fluid distribution system, the sealed joint comprising: a pair of adjacent thin wall metallic pipes having smooth interior and exterior surfaces and end portions, each end portion having a squared cut terminal end and a rounded cross-sectional configuration, wherein a pair of the pipe squared cut terminal ends of the adjacent pipes are positioned in a parallel and an end to end relationship to each other, and wherein the pair of the pipe squared cut terminal ends essentially abut each other; a strip of a double-sided adhesive, closed-cell acrylic foam tape wherein a portion of the strip is applied around and over the exterior surfaces of each of the abutting pipe squared cut terminal ends, and wherein the strip of double-sided adhesive, closed-cell acrylic foam tape has a first end and a second end and said second end forms an overlap over the first end and contacts the first end; and a coupling clamped over the double-sided adhesive, closed-cell acrylic foam tape.