1. A pipe joint, comprising:
a first pipe comprising a first flange;
a second pipe comprising a second flange;
a first sleeve installed within the first pipe;
a second sleeve installed within the second pipe;
an annular ring positioned between the flange of the first pipe and the flange of the second pipe, wherein the annular ring comprises a first hub that extends into the first pipe and a second hub that extends into the second pipe;
a first complementary engagement structure formed between the first sleeve and the first hub of the annular ring, wherein the first complementary engagement structure provides a first seal interface within the pipe joint; and
a second complementary engagement structure formed between the second sleeve and the second hub of the annular ring, wherein the second complementary engagement structure provides a second seal interface within the pipe joint.
2. The pipe joint of claim 1, wherein the first complementary engagement structure comprises a sealing element formed on an end of the first sleeve and a first sealing element formed on the first hub of the annular ring.
3. The pipe joint of claim 2, wherein the sealing element of the first sleeve comprises one of a tongue or a groove.
4. The pipe joint of claim 3, wherein the first sealing element on the first hub comprises the other of a tongue or groove.
5. The pipe joint of claim 1, wherein the second complementary engagement structure comprises a sealing element formed on an end of the second sleeve and a second sealing element formed on the second hub of the annular ring.
6. The pipe joint of claim 5, wherein the sealing element of the second sleeve comprises one of a tongue or a groove.
7. The pipe joint of claim 6, wherein the second sealing element on the second hub comprises the other of a tongue or groove.
8. The pipe joint of claim 2, wherein the sealing element of the first sleeve comprises one or a flared tube or a flared sleeve formed on the end of the first sleeve.
9. The pipe joint of claim 8, wherein the first sealing element of the annular ring comprises the other of a flared tube or a flared sleeve extending from a first face of the annular ring.
10. The pipe joint of claim 9, wherein the flared tube fits around the flared sleeve.
11. The pipe joint of claim 10, wherein the flared tube is deformed radially outward by the flared sleeve when the flared sleeve is installed within the flared tube.
12. The pipe joint of claim 5, wherein the sealing element of the second sleeve comprises one of a flared tube or a flared sleeve formed on the end of the second sleeve.
13. The pipe joint of claim 12, wherein the second sealing element of the annular ring comprises the other of a flared tube or a flared sleeve extending from a second face of the annular ring.
14. The pipe joint of claim 13, wherein the flared tube fits around the flared sleeve.
15. The pipe joint of claim 14, wherein the flared tube is deformed radially outward by the flared sleeve when the flared sleeve is installed within the flared tube.
16. The pipe joint of claim 1, further comprising:
a central axis along the midpoint of the annular ring;
a first flange interface established at a distance, DF1, from the central axis; and
a first sleeve interface established at a distance, DS1, from the central axis, wherein DS1 is equal to 1.25\xd7DF1.
17. The pipe joint of claim 16, wherein DS1 is not greater than 3.0\xd7DF1.
18. The pipe joint of claim 16, further comprising:
a second flange interface established at a distance, DF2, from the central axis; and
a second sleeve interface established at a distance, DS2, from the central axis, wherein DS2 is equal to 1.25\xd7DF2.
19. The pipe joint of claim 18, wherein DS1 is not greater than 3.0\xd7DF2.
20. The pipe joint of claim 1, wherein the first complementary engagement structure is configured to provide the first seal interface when the first sleeve, the second sleeve, and the annular ring are compressed.
21. The pipe joint of claim 20, wherein the first sleeve, the second sleeve, and the annular ring are compressed along a longitudinal axis.
22. The pipe joint of claim 1, wherein the second complementary engagement structure is configured to provide the second seal interface when the first sleeve, the second sleeve, and the annular ring are compressed.
23. The pipe joint of claim 22, wherein the first sleeve, the second sleeve, and the annular ring are compressed along a longitudinal axis.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
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13. A method of accelerating dynamic Huffman decompaction within an inflate process, said method comprising:
receiving an input stream of compressed data;
providing a bank of compacted and decompacted Huffman trees;
matching the Huffman dictionary to know presets;
if a match is found, loading the Huffman tree; and
if a match is not found, decompacting the Huffman dictionary into a Huffman tree and decoding the compressed input stream using the Huffman tree from said bank.
14. The method according to claim 13, further comprising inflating a Lempel Ziv (LZ) portion of said input stream.
15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising outputting uncompressed data.
16. The method according to claim 14, wherein said bank of compacted and decompacted Huffman trees comprises a cache.
17. The method according to claim 14, wherein said bank of compacted and decompacted Huffman trees comprises a cache operative to capture repeating dynamic Huffman tree (DHT) over one or more presets.
18. The method according to claim 14, wherein said compacted Huffman is determined utilizing a hash function.
19. The method according to claim 14, wherein said compacted Huffman is determined by comparing all compacted Huffman trees in said bank to the compacted Huffman in said input stream.