  In a previous paper with C. Bonatti ([5]), we have defined a general
procedure to build new examples of Anosov flows in dimension 3. The procedure
consists in gluing together some building blocks, called hyperbolic plugs,
along their boundary in order to obtain a closed 3-manifold endowed with a
complete flow. The main theorem of [5] states that (under some mild hypotheses)
it is possible to choose the gluing maps so the resulting flow is Anosov. The
aim of the present paper is to show a uniqueness result for Anosov flows
obtained by such a procedure. Roughly speaking, we show that the orbital
equivalence class of these Anosov flows is insensitive to the precise choice of
the gluing maps used in the construction. The proof relies on a coding
procedure which we find interesting for its own sake, and follows a strategy
that was introduced by T. Barbot in a particular case.
