Small-diameter pipe connector
US4944537A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 7, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jul 31, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S285/921
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A small-diameter pipe connector comprises a connector body and a socket body. The connector body has a channel, a stepped small-diameter chamber, and a stepped large-diameter chamber formed axially thereinside, whose rear peripheral wall portion defines a support wall. The socket body has obliquely-projecting pawl walls which are adapted to fit into axially-elongate holes formed in the peripheral wall around the large-diameter chamber of the connector body. In the assembled state, an expanded annular wall portion of a pipe is resiliently locked by the distal ends of the pawl walls in the large-diameter chamber, with the rear end inner peripheral surface of the socket body being supported by the outer peripheral surface of the support wall of the connector body.
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