F16L37/092

MECHANICAL FITTING FOR A PLASTIC PIPE CONNECTION AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME
20220364666 · 2022-11-17 ·

A fitting for a pipe has a cylindrical sleeve and a spigot fitted concentrically within the sleeve. The sleeve is slidable along the spigot in a proximal direction. The sleeve has a gripper ring cavity with a conical bearing surface with a diameter that is smaller at the distal end and a larger at the proximal end. One or more gripper rings fit within the cavity and slidingly engage the bearing surface. The spigot has an outer surface sized to fit within a proximal end of the pipe. The inner surface of the gripper rings and the outer surface of the spigot define an annular space with a first radial width sized to accept insertion of the proximal end of the pipe. When the sleeve is moved with respect to the spigot in the proximal direction toward a sealed position, the rings are inwardly compressed by the bearing surface to grip an outer surface of the pipe. The end of the pipe is drawn into a space between the sleeve and the spigot with radial width smaller than the first radial width.

Tube Connector
20170336004 · 2017-11-23 ·

A tube connector for attachment to an end of a tube of a pressurized fluid system has a housing, a main sealing element, a gripping element and a cone element. The main sealing element is arranged for sealing an inner surface of the housing to an outer surface of a tube. The gripping element comprises a gripping edge for engaging with an outer surface of a tube. The cone element limits a movement of the grip-ping element. The tube connector further has an integrated release element. The release element has a tubular part, a top part and an environmental sealing. A release edge of the tubular part engages with the gripping element and the environmental sealing is adapted for sealing a receptacle formed in the housing of the environment.

LOCKABLE SWIVEL FITTING ASSEMBLY
20230175620 · 2023-06-08 ·

A swivel fitting assembly includes a female body providing a first connection end portion, and a male fitting body providing a second connection end portion. The male body and the female body are operatively coupled together to form a fluid passage between the first and second connection end portions, and are configured to permit relative rotation of the bodies relative to each other. A swivel lock mechanism is provided to rotationally lock or release the male body relative to the female body in response to a fluid pressure level in the fitting. The swivel lock includes a collar that transitions to a lock state and holds the male body when fluid pressure is at or above a predefined level. The collar transitions to a release state to enable relative rotation of the bodies when the pressure is below the predefined level.

CONNECTOR
20170307120 · 2017-10-26 ·

A connector includes a body having a throughway with an open end. A shoulder in the throughway faces the open end and supports an O-ring. A collet in the open end of the throughway has a plurality of legs extending into the body away from the open end, each engaging with the body and having an inwardly facing tooth to grip, in use, a tube in the throughway. The body has a plurality of fingers extending to the open end. A cap fits over the open end of the body and extends from the open end towards the opposite end. The cap has a plurality of recesses in a wall at the open end into each of which one of the fingers is retained by a snap fit. The radially inwardly facing faces of the fingers of the body incline inwardly towards the open end providing a cap angle for the collet.

Battery water replenishment system and method of installation

A system for coupling a conduit to a valve is disclosed. The valve includes at least one coupling, wherein the coupling includes an inlet leading to an internal chamber of the valve, a collar positioned within the inlet, a gripper positioned partially within the inlet and in contact with at least a portion of the collar, and a wiper seal positioned within the internal chamber. The system further includes a conduit, wherein the conduit is insertable through the gripper via a first force, and wherein the conduit is subsequently insertable through the wiper seal via a second force that is less than the value of the first force. The conduit may optionally be labeled with a set of visual markings to provide proper cutting angles and to indication proper positioning of the conduit into the valve to effectuate a tight seal.

SEALING STRUCTURE

A sealing structure includes an inner pipe, an outer pipe, and a sealing ring, where the outer pipe is detachably sleeved on the inner pipe, a slot for inserting a pipe is formed between an inner wall of the outer pipe and an outer wall of the inner pipe, and the outer wall of the inner pipe is provided with a sealing groove for placing the sealing ring; the sealing ring includes a main body provided with a lip; the sealing groove includes a first sealing groove and a second sealing groove, the first sealing groove and the second sealing groove are stepped; the bottom of the lip fits the bottom of the first sealing groove; and the bottom of the main body fits the bottom of the second sealing groove.

QUICK CONNECT TUBING INSERTION REFERENCE MARKINGS
20170321825 · 2017-11-09 ·

The embodiments described herein are directed to tubing including insertion reference markings on its outer surface that provide an indicator of how far the tubing is inserted into a fitting. In one embodiment, there is a first insertion reference marking and a second insertion reference marking. A distance between the first insertion reference marking and the second insertion reference marking is a predetermined distance. The first insertion reference marking and the second insertion reference marking provide an indicator of how far the tubing is inserted into a fitting.

PIVOT BRACE TYPE PIPE FITTING
20220042635 · 2022-02-10 · ·

The present disclosure provides a pivot brace type pipe fitting, including: a body accommodating an entering pipe, and having a pivot corner having an inverted L-shaped cross section in an annular space surrounding a circumferential surface of the pipe; a plurality of pivot braces which are separated from an inside of the body and include a body adhesion unit in contact with the pivot corner and a pipe adhesion unit in contact with the pipe; and a pivot actuating member having a tightening strap surrounding the pivot brace and an actuator tightening the tightening strap, and bringing the pipe adhesion unit into close contact with the pipe by using the body adhesion unit as a pivot axis and pivoting the pivot brace.

PIVOT BRACE TYPE PIPE FITTING
20220042635 · 2022-02-10 · ·

The present disclosure provides a pivot brace type pipe fitting, including: a body accommodating an entering pipe, and having a pivot corner having an inverted L-shaped cross section in an annular space surrounding a circumferential surface of the pipe; a plurality of pivot braces which are separated from an inside of the body and include a body adhesion unit in contact with the pivot corner and a pipe adhesion unit in contact with the pipe; and a pivot actuating member having a tightening strap surrounding the pivot brace and an actuator tightening the tightening strap, and bringing the pipe adhesion unit into close contact with the pipe by using the body adhesion unit as a pivot axis and pivoting the pivot brace.

RELEASING DEVICE FOR DISCONNECTING A PIPE OFF OF A FITTING BODY
20220178480 · 2022-06-09 ·

The invention is a device for releasing and disconnecting a fitting body off of a pipe, which is held with a gripping ring that holds the pipe in fixed position inside the fitting body. Particularly, the device is integrated into valves for disconnecting domestic valves installed over pipes, which are fixed to and extending out of walls. The essential parts of the device are a nut, a pushing sleeve matching into the nut and one or more spiral tracks that couple with bump(s)/ball(s) on the surfaces of the nut and sleeve. This coupling enables radial movement of the nut in a defined spiral forward direction over the fitting body and pushes the sleeve into the fitting body for releasing the pipe off of the gripping ring.