Patent ID: 9163760
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Apparatus adapted to engage a pipe having an outside surface, the apparatus comprising: first and second arcuate members, wherein each of the first and second arcuate members has a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and a plane in which the transverse axis lies and to which the longitudinal axis is perpendicular, and wherein each of the first and second arcuate members comprises: wherein the first and second arcuate members are adapted to be connected together and clamped onto the pipe so that the arcuate members extend about respective portions of the outside surface of the pipe; wherein the first and second chamfers define first and second zones, respectively; and wherein the apparatus is configured so that: wherein the circumferentially-extending inside surface is tapered at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis, the taper being offset from the first edge; and wherein the taper begins at one of the first and second chamfers and extends up to the other of the first and second chamfers.