Patent ID: 8141913
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A press fitting for a plastic pipe or a pipe of a plastic/metal composite material, the press fitting comprising: a fitting body, comprising a supporting body onto which a pipe to be connected may be slipped, a compression sleeve including a holding end at which the compression sleeve is held on the fitting body, and further comprising a compression region on the circumferential surface, which adjoins the holding end and in which a pressing tool acts when the compression sleeve is compressed, the compression sleeve having its holding end provided with at least one edge cutout open to the end face of the compression sleeve, which cutout includes a bounding edge section opposite the end face of the compression sleeve, and a plastic ring which is fitted on the outside of the compression sleeve against the holding end, enclosing the compression sleeve, and which is secured to the compression sleeve against movement in the axial direction of the compression sleeve, wherein the plastic ring comprises