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Flexible connector

US5069487A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 8, 1990
Grant dateDec 3, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 8, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16L27/111
  • WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A flexible connector is provided for coupling a source and discharge outlet for fluid transfer. The connector has a tubular metal bellows, an inner tubular metal liner, couplings at each end of the bellows having articulated joints between the inner liner and the couplings, such that the liner provides isolation between gases flowing through the connector and the bellows, and protective structure encompassing the bellows.

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