Closure element for pipe ends

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9341297
APP PUB NO 20150034197A1
SERIAL NO

14234511

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A closure element for closing the ends of pipes, in particular steel pipes, having a circular base cover whose outer diameter corresponds at most to the outer diameter of the pipe, having a side which faces towards the pipe interior and comprises at least two elastic clamping elements which in the assembled condition are supported on the inner surface of the pipe and clamp the base cover therewith. In order to permit universal usage, the closure element comprises means for selectively adjusting/changing the radial position of the clamping elements on the base cover.

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VALLOUREC DEUTSCHLAND GMBHTHEODORSTRASSE 109 40472 DÜSSELDORF

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Beckmann, Dieter Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, DE 2 37
Ketzer, Volker Essen, DE 2 10
Schneider, Gerald Ratingen, DE 7 257

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