Patent ID: 6425607
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: F16B,F16L

Abstract:
A connector for connecting a pair of adjacent pipe sections to each other, one pipe section having an externally threaded tapered male end and an inner annular shoulder extending about said tapered end, the other pipe section having an internally threaded tapered female socket and an outer annular end shoulder extending about said socket; said connector comprising:a body having on one end an extending externally threaded tapered male end in threaded engagement with said internally threaded tapered female socket, and having on an opposite end a sleeve; at least three internally threaded arcuate segments mounted within said sleeve for engaging said externally threaded male end on said one pipe section, said sleeve including an inner frustoconical surface engaging said segments to permit relative sliding movement of said segments radially outwardly upon receiving said externally threaded male end of said one pipe section; and spring means biasing said segments radially inward to urge said arcuate segments into threaded engagement with said male end on said one pipe section.