Patent ID: 8371622
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: B29C,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In combination: a PVC pipe; a cylindrical one-piece PVC split sealing ring having a first end and a second end; an annular end face and an annular pipe engagement surface with the sealing ring having sufficient flexibility so that a first end of the sealing ring and the second end of the sealing ring can be spread apart to allow lateral insertion of the sealing ring around the pipe with the sealing ring having sufficient resiliency to return to its original shape after the sealing ring is placed around the pipe; a PVC pipe fitting located on the outside of said PVC pipe with said PVC pipe extending into said PVC pipe fitting, and having an annular bonded joint between the pipe and the pipe fitting that may or may not leak; and a securement film present on either the annular pipe engagement surface of the split sealing ring or the external surface of the pipe or both, said sealing ring spaced from an end of the pipe in the pipe fitting with the annular end face of the sealing ring positionable along the pipe and into face to face engagement with an annular edge of the pipe fitting when the securement film is in an uncured state, said securement film securing said sealing ring proximate said pipe and said pipe fitting when the securement film is in a cured state to thereby inhibit or prevent leaks through the joint.