Patent ID: 6086114
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A double-containment pipe assembly comprising:two outer piping components defining a first diameter;two inner piping components received within the outer piping components and defining a second diameter less than the first diameter and forming an approximately annular space between the inner and outer piping components; andan anchor support comprising:an outer-component support section including at least one first approximately annular support surface on at least one axial end thereof and defined at least in part by a first diameter approximately equal to the first diameter of the outer piping components;an inner-component support section spaced laterally relative to, and located approximately at an opposite end of the anchor support relative to the outer-component support section, and including at least one second approximately annular support surface on at least one axial end thereof and defined at least in part by a second diameter which is less than the first diameter and approximately equal to the second diameter of the inner piping components; anda tapered connecting section defining a tapered surface extending between the outer-component support section and the inner-component support section and tapering from one end adjacent to the outer-component support section to another end adjacent to the inner-component support section;wherein at least two of the approximately annular support surfaces abut at least two of the inner and outer piping components located on opposite sides of the anchor support relative to each other to thereby anchor and support at least one of the inner piping components within at least one of the outer piping components.