Hose connector

• US 20050167983A1
• Filed: 01/30/2004
• Published: 08/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CertainTeed Corp. (Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA)
• Original Assignee: CertainTeed Corp. (Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA)
• Inventors: Laidley, Christopher, Sacks, Jeffrey, Suda, Michael D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,896,406 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 285/369
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 25/0036 Joints for corrugated pipes
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 285/903 Corrugated

Abstract

A hose connector includes a cylindrical elongated member having a first and second end, a first and second inner sleeve rotatably mounted on the cylindrical member, and a first and second outer sleeve capable of connecting to the respective first and second inner sleeves.

Claims

1. A hose connector comprising:

a cylindrical elongated member having a first and second end;

a first and second inner sleeve rotatably mounted on said cylindrical member; and

a first and second outer sleeve capable of connecting to said respective first and second inner sleeves,

wherein the smallest diameter of the first and second inner sleeves is sufficiently greater than a diameter of the an outside surface of the cylindrical member to allow the first and second inner sleeves to rotate around the cylindrical member, and the smallest diameter of the first and second inner sleeves is smaller than a diameter of a raised section of the cylindrical member for retaining the inner sleeves on the cylindrical member.

2. The hose connector of claim 1, further comprising a first and second gasket capable of seating on the cylindrical member.

4. The hose connector of claim 1, wherein said first and second inner sleeves are threaded and said first and second outer sleeves are reverse-threaded relative to said first and second inner sleeves to allow the respective inner and outer sleeves to be screwed together to form a first and second combined sleeve.

5. The hose connector of claim 1, wherein said first and second outer sleeves include an inside surface, at least a portion of which includes threads for engaging a hose being connected to the hose connector.

6. The hose connector of claim 5, wherein the threads are dimensioned to threadably engage corrugations on said hose.

10. The hose connector of claim 1, wherein said first and second inner sleeves and said first and second outer sleeves include a gripping mechanism.

11. The hose connector of claim 10, wherein the gripping mechanism comprises ribs.

3. The hose connector of claim 3, wherein said first and second ends of said cylindrical member include a raised section having a groove therein, and wherein said first and second gaskets are capable of seating in said respective grooves of said first and second ends of said cylindrical member.

7. A hose connector comprising:

a cylindrical elongated member having a first and second end;

a first and second inner sleeve rotatable mounted on said cylindrical member; and

a first and second outer sleeve capable of connecting to said respective first and second inner sleeves,

wherein the outer sleeves include a first end having an outer surface with a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of an inner surface of the cylindrical member at the first and second end of the cylindrical member to allow for insertion of the first end of the outer sleeves into a respective first or second end of the cylindrical member.

8. The hose connector of claim 7, wherein the smallest diameter of the first and second inner sleeves is sufficiently greater than a diameter of the an outside surface of the cylindrical member to allow the first and second inner sleeves to rotate around the cylindrical member.

9. The hose connector of claim 8, wherein the smallest diameter of the first and second inner sleeves is smaller than a diameter of a raised section of the cylindrical member for retaining the inner sleeves on the cylindrical member.

12. A hose assembly comprising:

a hose connector including;

a cylindrical elongated member having a first and second end;

a first and second inner sleeve rotatably mounted on said cylindrical member, wherein the smallest diameter of the first and second inner sleeves is sufficiently greater than a diameter of the an outside surface of the cylindrical member to allow the first and second inner sleeves to rotate around the cylindrical member, and the smallest diameter of the first and second inner sleeves is smaller than a diameter of a raised section of the cylindrical member for retaining the inner sleeves on the cylindrical member; and

a first and second outer sleeve connected to said respective first and second inner sleeves to form a first and second combined sleeve, said first and second outer sleeves including threads on an inside surface; and

at least one hose having corrugations, said corrugations threadably engaged with the threads of the first and second outer sleeves.

13. The hose assembly of claim 12, wherein said hose connector further includes a first and second gasket seated on said cylindrical member.

14. The hose assembly of claim 12, wherein said inner and outer sleeves and said hose engaged thereby are capable of rotating about said cylindrical member.

15. A method of connecting two hoses comprising:

providing a hose connector comprising a cylindrical elongated member having a first and second end, a first and second inner sleeve rotatably mounted on said cylindrical member, and a first and second outer sleeve having threads on an inside surface, and connected to said respective first and second inner sleeves to form a first and second combined sleeve,

providing at lease one hose including corrugations; and

screwing the hose onto the hose connector.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the step of screwing the hose onto the hose connector comprises placing the hose into an end of the outer sleeve and twisting the combined sleeve or the hose, thereby threadably engaging the corrugations of the hose with the threads of the outer sleeves.

17. A hose connector comprising:

a cylindrical elongated member having a first and second end; and

a first and second sleeve disposed on said cylindrical member, at least said first sleeve being capable of rotation about said cylindrical member, said first and second sleeves capable of threadably engaging at least one hose,

wherein the smallest diameter of the first sleeve is sufficiently greater than a diameter of the an outside surface of the cylindrical member to allow the first sleeve to rotate around the cylindrical member, and the smallest diameter of the first sleeve is smaller than a diameter of a raised section of the cylindrical member for retaining the first sleeve on the cylindrical member.

18. The hose connector of claim 17, further comprising a first gasket capable of seating on said cylindrical member beneath said first sleeve.

19. The hose connector of claim 17, wherein said first sleeve comprises a first inner sleeve and a first outer sleeve which are capable of connecting to one another, and said second sleeve comprises a second inner sleeve and a second outer sleeve which are capable of connecting to one another.

20. The hose connector of claim 17, wherein said second sleeve is capable of rotation about said cylindrical member.

21. The hose connection of claim 17, wherein said first and second sleeves have threaded engagement means for threadedly engaging a corrugated pipe.