Patent · US Expired

Tube coupling

US4621843A · kind A · utility

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8References
2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 23, 1985
Grant dateNov 11, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 23, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L19/07
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A ring seal and beaded tube type tube coupling has the annular bead defined by a rigid ferrule sealingly fixed to the tube with the ferrule including an annular flange forming the bead and having a shank portion extending axially outboard of the flange to thereby shorten, in effect, the unsupported length of the tube.

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