IP Library Granted Patent US 8,517,431
Granted Patent B2
US 8,517,431 · App. 13/147,714 · Granted Aug 27, 2013

Fitting for thick-walled pipes and method for its production

Inventors: Ulrich Arning (Attendorn, DE); Bernd Koschig (Attendorn, DE)
Assignee: Viega GmbH & Co. KG
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Patent No.
US 8,517,431
App. No.
13/147,714
Granted
Aug 27, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fitting for thick-walled pipes, having a contact region and a pressing region, the pressing region being arranged on the side of the contact region facing towards the pipe insertion opening, and the wall thickness in the pressing region being at least in sections less than the wall thickness in the contact region. The invention also relates to a method for producing a fitting for thick-walled pipes, in which a thick-walled pipe is radially widened in a fitting region arranged at one pipe end so that the internal diameter of the fitting region corresponds substantially to the external diameter of the pipe and the wall thickness in the fitting region corresponds substantially to the wall thickness of the rest of the pipe.

Claims (12)

1. A fitting for thick-walled pipes having a contact region, a pressing region, a wall, and a pipe insertion opening, the pressing region being arranged on a side of the contact region facing towards the pipe insertion opening and the wall substantially consisting of a steel, which is not stainless,

wherein the wall has a wall thickness in the pressing region that is at least in sections less than the wall thickness in the contact region,

wherein the pressing region has at least one stop for the cutting element on a side facing away from the contact region, and

wherein the at least one stop for the cutting element is segmented.

2. The fitting according to claim 1 , wherein a sealing element is provided in a transition region between the pressing region and the contact region.

3. The fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the cutting element is provided in the pressing region.

4. The fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the cutting element comprises an annular base body with cutting members arranged on the base body along its circumference, each cutting member having at least one inwardly pointing blade and each cutting member being mirror-symmetrical with respect to a radial plane of the annular base body.

5. The fitting according to claim 4 , wherein all the cutting members are mirror-symmetrical with respect to a single radial plane of the annular base body.

6. The fitting according to claim 4 , wherein the cutting members each comprise two blades spaced apart in the axial direction.

7. The fitting according to claim 6 , wherein the respective two blades of a cutting member are directed obliquely towards one another or obliquely away from one another.

8. A system consisting of a pipe and a fitting, the fitting being formed according to claim 1 , wherein the wall thickness in the contact region corresponds substantially to the wall thickness of the pipe.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the fitting is provided in the compressed or uncompressed state.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 5, 2017
From: VIEGA GMBH & CO. KG
To: VIEGA TECHNOLOGY GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 042254/0303 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2011
From: ARNING, ULRICH; KOSCHIG, BERND
To: VIEGA GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 026936/0343 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2009 007 303 · Feb 3, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120001414A1 · Jan 5, 2012