Hose fitting

• US 5,150,924 A
• Filed: 02/01/1991
• Issued: 09/29/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bridgestone Flowtech Corporation (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bridgestone Flowtech Corporation (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Inventors: Kato, Shinichiro, Mine, Kenji, Yokomatsu, Takahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Reese, Randolph A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHACKELFORD, HEATHER CHUN
• Application Number:
  US07/649,341
• Time in Patent Office: 606 Days
• Field of Search: 285/86, 285/97.3, 285/18, 285/259, 285/95, 285/323, 285/104, 285/101, 285/12
• US Class Current: 285/101
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 33/16 with sealing or securing means using fluid pressure
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 33/227 the hose being introduced into or onto the connecting member and automatically locked F16L37/084 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 37/0925 with rings which bite into the wall of the pipe
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 37/0926 with an inner support sleeve arranged within the pipe

Abstract

A hose fitting for sealed connection to a hose, comprising: a first cylindrical member having a small diameter bore portion and a large diameter bore portion connected to the small diameter bore portion; a second cylindrical member axially slidable within the large diameter bore portion and having a radial flange portion and an axial tubular portion extending from the radial flange portion, the radial flange portion being provided with a sealing member and the axial tubular portion being provided with a sealing member; a sleeve provided within the large diameter bore portion and having an inclined surface; a collet provided within the large diameter bore portion and having an outer surface engageable with the inclined surface of the sleeve and radially constrictible when moving axially within the sleeve, the hose being firmly fixed between the collet and the axial tubular portion of the second cylindrical member by axial outward movement of the collet; and a stop member received in the large diameter bore portion and adapted to limit axial movement of the sleeve and collet.

Claims

1. A hose fitting for sealed connection to a multilayer hose, comprising:

a first, one-piece cylindrical member having a small diameter bore portion and a large diameter cylindrical bore portion connected to said small diameter bore portion, the small diameter bore portion being formed with an axial small bore extending therethrough, and the large diameter bore portion being formed with an axial large bore extending therethrough and having an inner peripheral surface;

a second cylindrical member provided within said large diameter bore portion of said first cylindrical member and having a radial flange portion and an axial tubular portion extending from said radial flange portion, the radial flange portion being provided with a first sealing member and being axially slidably received through said sealing member on said inner peripheral surface of said large diameter bore portion of said first cylindrical member, and the axial tubular portion being formed with a through bore communicating with said axial small bore of said small diameter bore portion of said first cylindrical member and provided with a second sealing member, said first sealing member serving so that said second cylindrical member is axially slid along and on said large diameter cylindrical bore portion of said first cylindrical member, as a piston, when internal pressure is applied to said hose fitting;

a sleeve axially fixedly mounted in said large diameter bore portion in a fixed position relative to said small diameter bore portion and rotatably received in said large diameter bore portion and having an inclined surface;

a collet provided within said large diameter bore portion and between said sleeve and said radial flange portion and having an outer surface engageable with said inclined surface of said sleeve and radially constrictible when moving axially outwardly within said sleeve, the multilayer hose being firmly fixed between said collet and said axial tubular portion of said second cylindrical member by the axial and outward movement of said second cylindrical member and said collet by internal fluid pressurization of the hose fitting; and

a stop member received in said large diameter bore portion and adapted to limit axial movement of said sleeve and collet.

2. A hose fitting as set forth in claim 1, wherein said sleeve is provided in an axially outer portion of said large diameter bore portion.

3. A hose fitting as set forth in claim 2, wherein said inclined surface of said sleeve narrows axially outwardly and said outer surface of said collet narrows axially outwardly.

4. A hose fitting as set forth in claim 1, wherein said collet is formed at its inner surface with a plurality of circumferential groove and land portions and at its outer surface with a plurality of axial slits.

5. A hose fitting as set forth in claim 1, which further comprises a short tubular member disposed between said collet and said radial flange portion of said cylindrical member.

6. A host fitting for sealed connection to a multilayer hose, comprising a pair of first and second hose fitting portions which are symmetrical in construction and connected with each other, each fitting portion comprising:

a first, one-piece cylindrical member having a small diameter bore portion and a large diameter cylindrical bore portion connected to said small diameter bore portion, the small diameter bore portion being formed with an axial small bore extending therethrough, and the large diameter bore portion being formed with an axial large bore extending therethrough and having an inner peripheral surface;

a second cylindrical member provided within said large diameter bore portion of said first cylindrical member and having a radial flange portion and an axial tubular portion extending from said radial flange portion, the radial flange portion being provided with a first sealing member and being axially slidably received through said sealing member on said inner peripheral surface of said large diameter bore portion of said first cylindrical member, and the axial tubular portion being formed with a through bore communicating with said axial small bore of said small diameter bore portion of said first cylindrical member and provided with a second sealing member, said first sealing member serving so that said second cylindrical member is axially slid along and on said large diameter cylindrical bore portion of said first cylindrical member, as a piston, when internal pressure is applied to said hose fitting;

a sleeve axially fixedly mounted in said large diameter bore portion in a fixed position relative to said small diameter bore portion and rotatably received in said large diameter bore portion and having an inclined surface;

a collet provided within said large diameter bore portion and having an outer surface engageable with said inclined surface of said sleeve and radially constrictible when moving axially outwardly within said sleeve, the multilayer hose being firmly fixed between said collet and said axial tubular portion of said second cylindrical member by the axial and outward movement of said second cylindrical member and said collet by internal fluid pressurization of the hose fitting; and

a stop member received in said large diameter bore portion and adapted to limit axial movement of said sleeve and collet.