Combination pipe fitting and retainer ring
US4073514A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 26, 1976 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 26, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16L37/091
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The combination of a spring metal retainer ring with a pipe or conduit fitting having an annular seat for accommodation of the retainer ring, and further having a cylindrical passageway therein coaxial with the ring for receiving a pipe or conduit through the ring. The retainer ring includes an annular band which has a plurality of circumferentially spaced tabs projecting radially outwardly at an obtuse angle with respect to the plane of the band and projecting axially with respect to the axis of the band. The retainer ring further includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced, radially inwardly directed tabs connected thereto, and extending in the opposite axial direction from the direction of axial extension from the band of said first mentioned tabs.
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