摘要 |
A restraining element for preventing separation of telescoped pipes (2,4) comprising a compressible body of elastomeric material, said compressible body having metal segments (34) spaced equidistantly around an exposed face of the body, each of the metal segments (34) having a first exposed face with a row of teeth (36,38,40,42), at least four teeth of said row of teeth lying in an arc (56), and at least some of said metal segments (34) having a single tooth (44) extending radially outwardly beyond the face of the metal segment (34) opposite said first exposed face. <IMAGE> |