Press fitting device
AssigneeWavin B.V.
InventorsBastiaan Vos, Gerrit Jan Nijman, Ruurd Johan Berend Van Leeuwen, Marc Herwin De Groot, Ronald Ekkel
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Abstract
A press fitting device (1) for establishing a fluid-tight connection with at least one pipe section (10), the press fitting device being configured to generate a sound when a gaseous fluid flows along or through the press fitting device a) in a pre-press fit condition, in which a connection with the at least one pipe section is established and before the connection is press-fit; and/or b) in a press fit condition, in which the connection is press-fit, if the connection is not fluid-tight.
Claims12
A press fitting device for establishing a fluid-tight connection with at least one pipe section, the press fitting device comprising:
- at least one cap element positioned around the at least one pipe section;
- at least one ring member overlying at least a portion of the at least one cap element, the at least one ring member configured to generate a sound when a gaseous fluid flows along or through the press fitting device
- a) in a pre-press fit condition, in which a connection with the at least one pipe section is established and before the connection is press-fit;
- and/or
- b) in a press fit condition, in which the connection is press-fit, if the connection is not fluid-tight;
- and
- a fluid vibration member formed on the at least one ring member and positioned such that a gaseous fluid flowing through the press fitting device is incident on the fluid vibration member so that the fluid is caused to vibrate;
- wherein the fluid vibration member comprises an edge positioned so as to separate a flow of the fluid into at least two flows when the fluid impinges on the edge, the edge being formed as a labium on the at least one ring member, so that the labium produces the sound.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.