US Patent Issued to Dresser Water on April 29 for "Encapsulation sleeve gasket assembly with removable inner layer" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,050, issued on April 29, was assigned to Dresser Water LLC (Houston).

"Encapsulation sleeve gasket assembly with removable inner layer" was invented by Daryl M. Piontek (Great Valley, N.Y.) and Richard Fontes (Olean, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling assembly orientated about a longitudinal axis and having a first sleeve and second sleeve configured to be tightened to a fluid conduit, a radial-split gasket configured to be positioned between the sleeves and the fluid conduit and having an outer gasket layer and a separate inner gasket layer that are configured to be selectively disengaged from each other, and an inner cir...