CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES WHICH COMPENSATE FOR THERMAL EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION OF TUBULAR CONDUITS - Patent 0800630

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EP 0 800 630 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	15.10.1997 Bulletin 1997/42

(21)	Application number: 95909210.0

(22)	Date of filing: 29.12.1994

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

F16L 27/ 12^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1994/014984

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/021118 (11.07.1996 Gazette 1996/31)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB IT

(71)	Applicant: PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
	Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302-7048 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	BARTHOLOMEW, Donald, D. Mt. Clemens, MI 48035 (US)

(74)	Representative: Price, Nigel John King
	J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5LX London WC1R 5LX (GB)

(54)	CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES WHICH COMPENSATE FOR THERMAL EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION OF TUBULAR CONDUITS