Patent classifications
F16L19/005
COUPLING ARRANGEMENT FOR SCREW COUPLING
A coupling arrangement is provided for a screw coupling for liquid conduits of a high-pressure cleaning device. The coupling arrangement is connectable in a liquid-tight manner to a further coupling arrangement of the screw coupling, and includes a conduit piece having a channel for liquid under pressure, a multi-start thread for screwing the coupling arrangement to the further coupling arrangement, and a clamping device which is clampable to a clamping face of the further coupling arrangement. The clamping device includes a dimensionally stable clamping ring mount on which a clamping ring is held, wherein the clamping ring is deformable and adaptable to the shape of the clamping face by pressing onto the clamping face of the further clamping arrangement. In addition, a screw coupling with a coupling arrangement of that kind is provided.
Plastic Union with Integral Locking Structure
A plastic pipe union has an integral locking mechanism which is activated when nut member of the union is sufficiently tightened to the threads of an adjoining male nipple. The nut member and the tail piece of the plastic union each have matching engagement surfaces, where each engagement surface has a scalloped profile. Once sufficiently tightened, tactile feedback is provided to a personal manually tightening the nut member, indicating that the scalloped structures of the opposing engagement surfaces have interacted and reached a locked configuration.
FITTING DEVICE FOR MAKING CONNECTION TUBE THAT CAN FINE POSITION ADJUSTMENT OF THE TUBE
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.
A CONNECTOR DEVICE
A connector device has male and female parts with respective coaxial passageways. An external screwthread of a collet engages an internal screwthread on the female part and relative rotation between those screwthreads causes engagement of the female and male parts. A slot in the collet extends longitudinally and is open at both ends to enable the collet to be splayed as a split collet. A wedge located between the male part and the collet is displaceable longitudinally to splay the collet and lock the male and female parts in a sealing engagement. The connector includes a ring surrounding the end of the collet remote from the engagement between the male and female parts to resist splaying of the collet at that end.
The connector without the male and female parts may also be used for connecting other such male and female parts.
DEVICE FOR LIMITING THE LOOSENING OF A NUT IN A TURBINE ENGINE
An assembly for a turbine engine. The assembly includes a mount, a nut clamping around the male portion of the mount, a member projecting from the mount and a device for limiting loosening of the nut. The loosening limitation device includes a member for locking the nut against rotation relative to the mount. The rotation locking member includes an inner surface designed to limit rotation of the nut with shape engagement with an outer surface of the nut. The rotation locking member includes a first anti-rotation abutment designed to rotatably abut against the projecting member. The loosening limitation device includes a translation locking member designed to limit translation of the rotation locking member relative to the nut.
Plastic union with integral locking structure
A plastic pipe union has an integral locking mechanism which is activated when nut member of the union is sufficiently tightened to the threads of an adjoining male nipple. The nut member and the tail piece of the plastic union each have matching engagement surfaces, where each engagement surface has a scalloped profile. Once sufficiently tightened, tactile feedback is provided to a personal manually tightening the nut member, indicating that the scalloped structures of the opposing engagement surfaces have interacted and reached a locked configuration.
Movement-constraining assembly for fluid-conveying system
A movement-constraining assembly for a fluid-conveying system comprises a tubular body adapted to be secured to a component coupling end of a component of the fluid-conveying system. A fluid-conveying tube has a tube coupling end adapted to be connected to the component of the fluid-conveying system and defining an inner passage for fluid to pass therethrough to or from the component, the tube having an interface at the tube coupling end. A blocking nut has an inner surface complementary to at least a surface of the interface of the tube to block rotation between the tube and the blocking nut, the blocking nut further comprising an outer surface complementary to a surface of the tubular body to block rotation between the blocking nut and the component, whereby the blocking nut blocks a rotation between the fluid-conveying tube and the component coupling end.
Tube fitting
A tube fitting includes a first coupling member having at least a snap coupling, a second coupling member having a first quick-connect side with a mating snap coupling disposed at a first end of the second coupling member, and at least one elastomeric seal disposed on the second coupling member, and a sleeve member configured to interface with the first coupling member and the at least one elastomeric seal, wherein the sleeve member is disposed between and retained by the first coupling member and the second coupling member and the snap coupling and mating snap coupling effect coupling of the first coupling member and the second coupling member.
System and Method for Connecting a First and Second Hose Coupling, and a Locking Device
A system includes first and second hose couplings, each having a hose body, an enlarged section integrated with the hose body, and a connecting section that is mobile in relation to the hose body. An intermediate connector includes a central section, a first lateral section and a second lateral section. The first lateral section can fit into the first connecting section and the second lateral section can fit into the second connecting section. A locking device includes a body having a first locking section, a second locking section and a central locking section. The first locking section couples with the enlarged section of the first hose coupling, the second locking section couples with the enlarged section of the second hose coupling, and the central locking section couples with the central section of the connector.
Anti-rotation device for hydraulic connectors
An anti-rotation device for preventing a hydraulic connector assembly from leaking. Various embodiments of the anti-rotation device provide a mechanism whereby threadably engaged connectors, such as compression fittings, are permitted to rotate only a fraction of a turn after loosening. For many applications, the limited degree of loosening is sufficient to prevent the onset of leaking. Structurally, the anti-rotation device can include a band that is secured to a female nut of a hydraulic connector. Protrusions extend laterally from the band and engage with a stop tab on the male body of the hydraulic connector assembly, thereby limiting rotation of the female nut that would otherwise cause leaks.