Patent SG-11201810488Y-A (SG)
Title: Self-aligning pipe coupling
Inventor: WEBB CHRISTOPHER
IPC: F16L17/04
Filed: 2017-06-01
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization MD 1101/110 111010101111101011111 0 011111111111111111111111111111111111111111 International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .....0\"\"\"1 WO 2017/208007 Al 07 December 2017 (07.12.2017) WIP0 I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (74) Agent: REDDIE & GROSE LLP; The White Chapel F16L 17/04 (2006.01) Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street, London Greater Lon- (21) International Application Number: don El 8QS (GB). PCT/GB2017/051583 (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (22) International Filing Date: 01 June 2017 (01.06.2017) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (25) Filing Language: English DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (26) Publication Language: English HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, (30) Priority Data: 1609561.4 01 June 2016 (01.06.2016) GB MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, (71) Applicant: TAYLOR KERR (COUPLINGS) LIMITED TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. [GB/GB]; Disraeli House, 12 Aylesbury End, Old Beacons- field Buckinghamshire HP9 1LW (GB). (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (72) Inventor: WEBB, Christopher, Richard; c/o Taylor Kerr GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, — (Couplings) Limited, Disraeli House, 12 Aylesbury End, Old Beaconsfield Buckinghamshire HP9 1LW (GB). UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, = = Title: SELF-ALIGNING PIPE COUPLING — (54) _ 118 120 104 106 120 118 100 = 4 0 = = = 126 112 = y t /------- = = = = 122 = 116 = _ = 102 I V r 124 11 110 Ir---- Figure 1 © 108 © GC (57) : The present invention relates to a pipe coupling for connecting together the ends of two pipes. The pipe coupling 0 el comprises: a tubular casing (102) for fitting around the pipes; a tensioning system (102) for tightening the casing around the outer ---- surface of the pipes; and a guide member (108), coupled to and extending away from a first axial end of the tubular casing, for radially IN aligning and guiding one of the pipes into the tubular casing. The invention also relates to an assembly comprising such a pipe coupling 0 and a pipe, the pipe coupling being pre-installed on one end of the pipe, and configured to receive a second pipe. ei C [Continued on next page] WO 2017/208007 Al MIDEDIMOMMIDIROFIEHIMIIMENUMEMOIMIE TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))