Universal joint connector
US3931992A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 30, 1973 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 1993 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16L27/073
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A connector construction employs a tail piece having a ball end, a socket element having a distendable end adapted to be snapped over said ball end and a coupling nut adapted to house the ball end and socket while threadedly engaging a pipe distal end to be connected thereto. The nut, when threaded into engagement with the pipe element, urges the socket element into fluid sealing engagement with the ball end and nut regardless of the angular disposition of the tail piece relative to the pipe element. The provided connector is particularly adapted for use with water meters or in similar applications in which spaced pipe ends or conduits to be interconnected by an interposed meter or the like are misaligned.
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