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Hose connector, particularly for the connection of hoses, such as garden hoses

  • US 5,797,633 A
  • Filed: 01/31/1996
  • Issued: 08/25/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Hose connector for connecting hoses to hose couplings, the hose connector comprising:

  • a basic body having a circular socket extending along an axis, over which a hose end of a hose can be fitted, and a bush, the bush at least partially, radially surrounding the hose end and the socket;

    gripping elements formed at a free end of the bush, the gripping elements being movable towards the socket for engaghement with a hose end;

    an external thread proveded at an outer circumference of the basic body;

    a two-part sleeve screwably connected to the thread, the two-part sleeve having a screw part, a sleeve part and connecting means between the sleeve part and the screw part, the connecting means allowing the sleeve part to remain rotationally stationary and to be driven along the axis by the screw part as the screw part is rotated and thereby screwably connected to the thread;

    the sleeve part having a surrounded portion, the surrounded portion having an actuating surface urging the gripping elements towards the socket to press against a hose fitted on the socket;

    the sleeve part further comprises an extension portion having a length projecting axially beyond a free end of the socket;

    and wherein the length is at least equal to the outer diameter of the socket.

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