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

• Current Assignee: Gardena Kress and Kastner GmbH (HUSQVARNA)
• Original Assignee: Gardena Kress and Kastner GmbH (HUSQVARNA)
• Inventors: Lindermeir, Wolfgang, Katzer, Johann, Lopic, Franz
• Primary Examiner(s): Reese, Randolph A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHACKELFORD, HEATHER CHUN
• Application Number:
  US08/594,589
• Time in Patent Office: 937 Days
• Field of Search: 285/242, 285/243, 285/249, 285/245, 285/246, 285/247, 285/248, 285/348, 285/322, 285/323, 285/324, 285/354, 285/386
• US Class Current: 285/243
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 33/222 the external piece comprising segments pressed against the hose by wedge shaped elements
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 33/223 the sealing surfaces being pressed together by means of a member, e.g. a swivel nut, screwed on or into one of the joint parts
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 33/224 a clamping ring being arranged between the threaded member and the connecting member

Abstract

A hose connector with gripping elements (18) pressing a hose (14) on a socket (15) uses a two-part sleeve (24). The two-part sleeve includes a screw piece (25) and an extension sleeve connected to the screw piece by a rotary connection and the two-part sleeve surrounds and supports the hose for a significant portion beyond the clamping area of the gripping elements (18). This inner sleeve (32) also has the funnel-shaped, conical actuating surface (33) for the pressing of the gripping elements.

Claims

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.

2. Hose connector according to claim 1, wherein the actuating surface is oblique.

3. Hose connector according to claim 1, wherein the sleeve part has a portion projecting beyond the free end of the socket, said sleeve portion being substantially cylindrical and is dimensioned to be radially spaced from a hose to be fitted on the socket.

4. Hose connector according to claim 3, wherein the sleeve part has a mouth and a bead on the mouth of the sleeve part, the bead substantially adapted to engage an external diameter of the hose.

5. Hose connector according to claim 1, wherein the gripping elements are constructed as hinge-like shaped gripping segments having inner teeth and an outer pressure surface for cooperating with the actuating surface of the sleeve.

6. Hose connector according to claim 1, wherein the bush is formed integrally with the basic body and providing the external thread.

7. Hose connector according to claim 1, wherein the socket has an outer surface defining a circular depression and a stepped taper disposed opposite to the gripping elements.

8. Hose connector according to claim 1, wherein the connecting mean s prevents the sleeve part from being drawn away from the screw part in a direction along the axis.

9. Hose connector according to claim 8 wherein the surrounded portion of the sleeve part is at least partly surrounded by the screw part.

10. Hose connector according to claim 9, wherein the length is between two and three times the outer diameter of the socket.

11. Hose connector according to claim 8, wherein the connecting means further comprises a snap locking connection restricting movement of the screw part relative to the sleeve part in either direction along the axis.

12. Hose connector for connecting hoses to hose couplings, the ho se 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 socket;

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

an external thread provided 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 rotation of the screw part around the axis relative to the sleeve part, and the connecting means preventing movement of the screw part relative to the sleeve part in a direction along the axis towards a closed end of the socket as the screw part is rotated and thereby screwably connected to the thread;

said sleeve part having a surrounded portion and an extension portion, the surrounded portion being at least partly surrounded by the screw part, and an actuating surface of the surrounded portion urging the gripping elements towards the socket to press against a hose when fitted on the socket; and

, a length of the extension portion projecting axially beyond a free end of the socket.

13. Hose connector according to claim 12, wherein the length is between two and three times the outer diameter of the socket.