Fitting device for making connection tube that can fine position adjustment of the tube

• US 11,384,874 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2019
• Issued: 07/12/2022
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brian Kim
• Original Assignee: Joe Gon Kim
• Inventors: Kim, Jae Gon, Shin, Byong Hwan
• Primary Examiner(s): Dragicevich, Zachary T
• Application Number:
  US16/175,155
• Publication Number:
  US 20190309881A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,247 Days
• Field of Search: 285341
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 19/005 comprising locking means for the threaded member locking of screws or nuts per se F16B39/00
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 19/0218 comprising only sealing rings
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 19/075 specially adapted for spigot-and-socket joints for pipes of the same diameter
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 19/086 with additional sealing means
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 19/10 the profile of the ring being altered
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 19/12 with additional sealing means

Abstract

A tube fitting device for facilitating tube connection position determination includes a fitting body, a pair of fixing nuts, and an O-ring. The fitting body has a cylindrical channel portion into which a first tube and a second tube may be inserted, the cylindrical channel portion comprising an accommodation groove formed therein. Each fixing nut is rotatably coupled to a respective open end of the fitting body and surrounds the first tube and the second tube, respectively. The O-ring is mounted on the accommodation groove and has an inner diameter smaller than that of the cylindrical channel portion such that the inner surface of the O-ring protrudes inside the fitting body to facilitate determining positions of the first tube and the second tube to be inserted into the cylindrical channel of the fitting body.

Claims

1. A tube fitting device for facilitating tube connection position determination, the tube fitting device comprising:

a fitting body comprising a cylindrical channel portion into which a first tube and a second tube may be inserted, the cylindrical channel portion comprising a single accommodation groove formed therein;

a pair of fixing nuts, each fixing nut rotatably coupled to a respective open end of the fitting body and surrounding a respective one of the first tube and the second tube;

a single elastic ring mounted in the accommodation groove and having an inner diameter smaller than the narrowest inner diameter of the fitting body such that the inner surface of the elastic ring protrudes inside the fitting body, the elastic ring configured to abut an end of the first tube and an end of the second tube to be inserted into the cylindrical channel of the fitting body; and

a collet inside each fixing nut, the each collet comprising;

a mounting portion provided inside the fixing nut,

a bending portion connected to the mounting portion, the bending portion comprising a bending groove formed therein, and an end portion located at an inclined gap of the fitting body such that the bending portion enters the gap to be downwardly bent when the fixing nut is tightened,

a pressing portion formed at an inner surface of the collet proximate to the end portion of the bending portion to pressurize and seal a respective one of the first tube and the second tube, and

a protecting portion protruding from the end portion of the bending portion to protect the pressing portion.

2. The tube fitting device of claim 1, wherein the fitting body further comprises a tapered inclined surface formed inside proximate to each open end of the fitting body such that when the first tube and the second tube are inserted into the fitting body, a gap is formed between the fitting body and the first tube and between the fitting body and the second tube.

3. The tube fitting device of claim 1, further comprising a fixing nut packing located inside each of the pair of fixing nuts and closely fixed to the respective one of the first tube and the second tube to prevent movement of the respective fixing nut, each fixing nut packing being in close contact with the mounting portion of the collet to prevent the collet from being pushed.

4. The tube fitting device of claim 1, further comprising a fitting body packing installed inside each open end of the fitting body to be in close contact with each of the respective first tube and second tube and comes into close contact with the respective protecting portion when the collet enters the gap.

5. The tube fitting device of claim 1, where an adhesive tape is taped on outer surfaces of the fitting body and the fixing nuts to prevent rotation of the fixing nuts and to maintain a certain distance between the fitting body and the fixing nuts.