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US 11,885,448 B2Granted
Press fitting device, components and method
AssigneeQuick Fitting Holding Company, LLC
InventorsLibardo Ochoa Dias, Herbert J. Bouchard
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Abstract
A press fitting device, components and method provide one or more indicators to provide a visual indication that the fitting has been properly pressed around a tube and that the correct amount of pressure has been provided to create a permanent seal. In embodiments, a sealing ring and a latching band are retained within a main body component of the fitting and the latching band can be formed with a radially inwardly extending latch that extends through an opening in the sealing ring.
Claims16
A fitting, comprising:
- a main body component having interior and exterior surfaces, wherein the interior surface defines a cavity extending through the main body component along an axis, wherein the interior surface comprises an axially inner segment and an axially outer segment, wherein the axially outer segment is formed with first and second indentations and wherein each of the first and second indentations comprises a radial distance from the axis that is greater than a radial distance from the axis to the axially inner segment;
- a latching band securely maintained within the first indentation, wherein the latching band comprises a radially inner surface and a radially inwardly extending latch;
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- a sealing ring securely maintained within the second indentation and against the radially inner surface of the latching band.
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A fitting, comprising:
- a main body component having interior and exterior surfaces, wherein the interior surface defines a cavity extending through the main body component along an axis, wherein the main body component is formed with first and second radially outwardly extending indentations;
- a latching band securely maintained within the first indentation, wherein the latching band comprises a radially inner surface and a radially inwardly extending latch;
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- a sealing ring securely maintained within the second indentation and against the radially inner surface of the latching band.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.