Patent ID: 8419071

Claim:
A method of mounting a nipple on a flexible tubular pipe end, the method comprising: providing a flexible tubular pipe comprising an inner polymeric tube, an armor comprising armor threads wound around said inner polymeric tube and an outer polymeric sheath around said armor; providing a nipple comprising a mounting end shaped and configured to be fitted into the end of said pipe; and providing a sleeve shaped and configured for shrouding said pipe end for clamping said pipe end onto said mounting end; forming a deformable leaktight annular chamber inside said sleeve, said annular chamber being shaped and configured to surround said pipe end; providing said armor cropped at said pipe end so as to release free ends of armor threads of said armor and to fold back said free ends of armor threads against said outer polymeric sheath before the shrouding of said pipe end with said sleeve; and injecting a pressurized fluid into said annular chamber of said sleeve to expand said annular chamber to engage and hold said free ends of armor threads gripped between said outer polymeric sheath and said sleeve.