US 10,649,472 B2Granted

Tubing system

AssigneeTSE Industries, Inc.

InventorsDavid Gearheart, Robert Klingel, Jr.

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Abstract

A system for establishing a fluid path between a plurality of tubes includes a manifold and a plurality of caps. The manifold defines an internal cavity and a plurality of orifices that access the cavity. Each of the plurality of caps are secured to an end of a respective tube of the plurality of tubes. Each cap defines a central orifice that is in fluid communication with the respective tube. Each cap has a tapered protrusion extending away from the end of the respective tube. The caps are disposed within the internal cavity such that the respective tube extends through a respective orifice of the plurality of orifices and outward from the manifold. The tapered protrusions of adjacent caps interact with each other to position each cap to form a seal with other caps having a central orifice such that the central orifices are in fluid communication with each other.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A system for establishing a fluid path between a plurality of tubes comprising:

a manifold that defines an internal cavity and a plurality of orifices that access the cavity;
and
a plurality of caps each secured to an end of a respective tube of the plurality of tubes, each cap defining a central orifice in fluid communication with the respective tube and having a tapered protrusion extending away from the end of the respective tube, wherein the caps are disposed within the internal cavity such that the respective tube extends through a respective orifice of the plurality of orifices and outward from the manifold, wherein the tapered protrusions of adjacent caps are shaped so as to directly contact and interact with each other to position each cap within the manifold and to form a seal with other caps such that the central orifices are in fluid communication with each other, wherein each of the tapered protrusions of each cap includes a plurality of tapered surfaces, and wherein each tapered surface directly contacts and interacts with one of the tapered surfaces on one of the adjacent caps to form the seal with other caps.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/645,474Filed 10 Jul 2017
Published: US 2019/0011937 A110 Jan 2019
Granted: 12 May 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G05D 7/0652
Using a plurality of throttling means: the plurality of throttling means being arranged in parallel
F15B 13/0817
Manifolds: multiblock manifolds
F16L 39/00
Joints or fittings for double-walled or multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies
F16L 41/03
Branch units, e.g. made in one piece, welded, riveted: comprising junction pieces for four or more pipe members