Non-threaded tubing connector
First Claim
1. In a releasable connector for a conduit, a body of flexible material having a central section containing an axial passageway about which a narrow axially extending annular slot is provided said slot being defined by a bottom wall and radially spaced inner and outer wall portions integrally formed in said body, said inner wall portion having a reduced portion forming a shouldered portion on the outer end, said annular slot and said reduced shouldered portion being disposed within and completely surrounded by an extended portion of said body, an O-ring on said shouldered portion, the conduit having a mating passageway and a thin annular end wall which is extendable into said annular slot for compressing said O-ring and providing an inner seal for the conduit, and threadless means for releasably securing the conduit within said connector.
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Abstract
A thin plastic tube or tube connector has at one end section a continuous or interrupted inclined plane means which collapses the plastic tube end section over a nipple or the end of another tube. The plastic tube end section is inserted over the nipple or other tube end to be sealed therewithin by the end wall engaging an O-ring within the end section and held in position by a locking ring drawn over the inclined plane means. The locking ring is drawn over the inclined plane surfaces to uniformly collapse the tube end section into engagement with the nipple or other tube end with a sealing force and with the locking sleeve in frictional locked engagement therewith.
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9 Claims
- 1. In a releasable connector for a conduit, a body of flexible material having a central section containing an axial passageway about which a narrow axially extending annular slot is provided said slot being defined by a bottom wall and radially spaced inner and outer wall portions integrally formed in said body, said inner wall portion having a reduced portion forming a shouldered portion on the outer end, said annular slot and said reduced shouldered portion being disposed within and completely surrounded by an extended portion of said body, an O-ring on said shouldered portion, the conduit having a mating passageway and a thin annular end wall which is extendable into said annular slot for compressing said O-ring and providing an inner seal for the conduit, and threadless means for releasably securing the conduit within said connector.
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