Device for coupling a rigid male endpiece to a flexible female pipe, and production method therefor
AssigneeHutchinson
InventorsPhilippe Grouillet, Denis Godeau
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AssigneeHutchinson
InventorsPhilippe Grouillet, Denis Godeau
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A fluid-transfer coupling device designed to couple a rigid male endpiece to a flexible female pipe and to the production method therefor. The device includes a sleeve for gripping around the pipe and locking the endpiece, the sleeve having a radially inner part surrounding an annular sealing lining mounted in abutment on the endpiece; and a metal socket having a tubular portion gripped by the pipe and ending in a collar formed by a radial step which extends in an axial end and has a radial height, the axial end being mounted inside and in contact with the radially inner part and forming the base of a groove receiving the lining, the device comprising means for fitting the sleeve to the collar and comprising a continuous peripheral projection formed in one piece with the sleeve. According to the invention the projection projects radially in abutment against the step aver most of the radial height.
A coupling device suitable for connecting a rigid male endpiece to a flexible female pipe, the device comprising:
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