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Connection apparatus

  • US 4,991,883 A
  • Filed: 09/25/1989
  • Issued: 02/12/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/25/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for connecting a first conduit having a first bore to a second conduit having a second bore to provide communication between said first and second bores comprising:

  • a base;

    means to attach said base to said first conduit;

    a cap, said second conduit extending through said cap;

    means to attach said cap to said base;

    a follower slidably disposed in said cap, said follower having a passageway therethrough, said second conduit extending through said passageway;

    a ferrule received on said second conduit, said ferrule having a first end and a second end;

    biasing means operative to urge said follower against said first end of said ferrule;

    said first bore in said first conduit having a frustoconical surface defining receiving formation for said ferrule, said ferrule second end of said having a portion which is circular when viewed in transverse cross section such that when said second end of said ferrule is urged into said receiving formation by said biasing means, said ferrule engages said frustoconical surface defining said receiving formation in substantially line contact.

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