Patent ID: 6371522
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A beveled insert for attachment to an end of a pipe having an inner diameter, an outer diameter, and a wall thickness, comprising:a collar portion having an insert end, the collar portion for receipt within the end of the pipe; a beveled portion having a bevel end; the collar portion carrying the beveled portion such that the insert end and the bevel end form opposing ends of the beveled insert, the collar portion extending from the insert end to the bevel end, and terminated at the bevel end with a radially outwardly directed flange, and the beveled portion carried by the collar portion with the collar portion abutting the flange; a shoulder defined intermediate the insert end and the bevel end for abutting engagement with the end of the pipe, the shoulder having a depth approximately identical to a wall thickness of the pipe end to which the insert is to be attached; and the beveled portion having a first outer diameter at the shoulder approximately identical to the outer diameter of the pipe to which the insert is to be attached, and an increasingly lessening diameter to the bevel end, and the collar portion having an outer diameter less than the inner diameter of the pipe end to which the insert is to be attached.