Patent number: 11614194

Pipe connector, gripper, and gripper teeth

Original Assignee: KENNEDY VALVE COMPANY

Field of technology: Industrial Machinery and Processes

Patent granted on: Tue, 28 Mar 2023

Patent drawing

Abstract

A gripper for a pipe connector includes a body, a first tooth, and a second tooth. The body has a first side, a second side adjacent the first side, a third side adjacent the first side and opposite the second side, and a fourth side adjacent the second side and the third side and opposite the first side. The first tooth extends from the fourth side of the body at a first distance from the first side of the body perpendicular to the first side of the body. The second tooth extends from the fourth side of the body at a second distance from the first side of the body perpendicular to the first side of the body. The second distance is less than the first distance.