Patent ID: 6145846
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: F16J,F16L,Y10S

Abstract:
A sealing apparatus comprising:a first tubular pressure containment member having an interior surface of revolution;a second tubular pressure containment member having an exterior surface, an interior surface, a remote end, and a thin walled extension sleeve having a thickness, a first end and a second end defining a length and the first end of the thin walled extension sleeve being conjoined with the remote end; andthe second tubular pressure containment member being telescopically engaged with the first tubular pressure containment member with the thin walled extension sleeve positioned wholly within the first tubular pressure containment member in close relation to the interior surface of revolution and with a continuous gap, between the thin walled extension sleeve and the interior surface of revolution of the first tubular pressure containment member over the length of the thin walled extension sleeve.