Patent ID: 8033576
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A pipe guide for aligning pipes, said pipe guide comprising: a first guide ring encircling and fixed in position relative to a first pipe, wherein said first pipe has a connection with an expansion joint, proximate the first pipe's connection with the expansion joint; a second guide ring encircling and fixed in position relative to a second pipe, wherein said second pipe has a connection with the expansion joint, proximate the second pipe's connection with the expansion joint wherein said second guide ring does not extend beyond said second pipe's connection with the expansion joint; a tubular pipe guide shroud having a first end and a second end, said first end fixedly connected to said first guide ring; wherein said second guide ring's outer perimeter slides within the interior of said pipe guide shroud; and a restraint rod for limiting the axial extension and compression of the pipe guide.