Patent ID: 8651532

Claim:
A sleeve arrangement for connecting two pipes which have different external diameters, such sleeve arrangement, comprising: circumferential tensioning clips associated with the two pipes; at least one fixing sleeve having, two opposite outer edges, cylindrical contact areas defining receiving channels for accommodating said circumferential tensioning clips, a middle section and axial slots: and a sealing sleeve, encompassed by said at least one fixing sleeve, having cylindrical contact areas for association with the two pipes and for adjustment to the different diameters of the two pipes, and with a middle section, wherein: said cylindrical contact areas of said sealing sleeve being connected by said middle section of said sealing sleeve which according to the difference in external diameters of the two pipes can be brought into a conical shape, with said cylindrical contact areas of said sealing sleeve adjacent to the external circumference of the two pipes being movable into direct contact with both pipes: said at least one fixing sleeve configured as a closed, circumferential ring designed for a three-dimensional change of shape, said ring forming said at least one fixing sleeve configured as a spring cage which is on either side provided with said axial slots distributed around its entire circumference and associated with said middle section of said at least one fixing sleeve, and said cylindrical contact areas of said at least one fixing sleeve, said spring cage allowing sufficient space along its entire length to undergo a three dimensional change in shape, and with said middle section of said at least one fixing sleeve being connected with said cylindrical contact areas by at least one of: lateral bending areas and joints.