Patent ID: 7748752

Claim:
Pipe connecting device for connecting two pipeline portions of an aircraft pipeline system, comprising: a bridge portion having a cross-sectional form that matches a cross-sectional form of first and second pipeline portions that are to be connected to each other in the aircraft pipeline system, a first receiving portion, which is constituted by two limbs extending from the bridge portion in a first direction, and which is adapted to receive an edge portion of the first pipeline portion of the aircraft pipeline system, a second receiving portion, which is constituted by two limbs extending from the bridge portion in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and which is adapted to receive an edge portion of the second pipeline portion of the aircraft pipeline system, a first sealing element which, for the purpose of sealing the connection between the first pipeline portion and the pipe connecting device, is displaceably received in the first receiving portion when the pipe connecting device is connected to the first pipeline portion, and a second sealing element which, for the purpose of sealing the connection between the second pipeline portion and the pipe connecting device, is displaceably received in the second receiving portion when the pipe connecting device is connected to the second pipeline portion, wherein at an inner circumference the pipe connecting device is adapted to mount a flow control device, wherein the first sealing element is spaced from the bridge portion when the pipe connecting device is connected to the first pipeline portion, thereby defining a first clearance space between the first sealing element and the bridge portion.