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US 12,313,198 B2Granted
Hose connectors
OwnerJames Suttoninventor
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Abstract
To complete a transfer of solid material such as mulch, multiple hoses may have to be connected together, therefore, such hoses have hose connection fittings attached at their ends. A hose connector has a male fitting connected to a first hose and a female fitting connected to the second hose. The male fitting may be inserted into the female fitting and the two fittings are secured together thereby connecting a first hose to a second hose. The hose connector has a locking assembly consisting of set screw, a radial hole defined in the female fitting, and a recess for receiving the set screw in the male fitting.
Claims14
A hose connector, comprising:
- a male fitting connected to a first hose and defining a male longitudinal through hole, wherein the male fitting comprises a male coupling portion and a first hose connection portion received within the first hose and the male coupling portion defines a recess;
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- a female fitting defining a female longitudinal through hole, wherein the female fitting comprises a second hose connection portion received within a second hose, a female coupling portion, and defines a radial through hole through a wall of the female fitting;
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- a locking member configured to be received through the radial through hole and into the recess thereby fastening the male fitting to the female fitting, wherein an outside diameter of the first hose connection portion is smaller than an outside diameter of the male coupling portion, the male fitting comprises a male transition portion at an angle greater than ninety degrees and less than one hundred and seventy degrees relative to the first hose connection portion, and wherein the female fitting comprises a female end transition portion that is adjacent to the male transition portion when the male fitting and the female fitting are connected and an angle defined by the female end transition portion is within thirty degrees of the angle defined by the male transition portion.
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A hose connector, comprising:
- a male fitting connected to a first hose and defining a male longitudinal through hole, wherein the male fitting comprises a male coupling portion and a first hose connection portion received within the first hose and the male coupling portion defines a recess;
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- a female fitting defining a female longitudinal through hole, wherein the female fitting comprises a second hose connection portion received within a second hose, a female coupling portion, and defines a radial through hole through a wall of the female fitting;
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- a locking member configured to be received through the radial through hole and into the recess thereby fastening the male fitting to the female fitting, wherein an outside diameter of the first hose connection portion is smaller than an outside diameter of the male coupling portion, and the male fitting comprises a male transition portion at a first angle greater than one hundred and fifteen degrees and less than one hundred and sixty degrees relative to the first hose connection portion, and wherein the female fitting comprises a female end transition portion that is adjacent to the male transition portion when the male fitting and the female fitting are connected and an angle defined by the female end transition portion is within thirty degrees of the first angle.
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A hose connector, comprising:
- a male fitting connected to a first hose and defining a male longitudinal through hole, wherein the male fitting comprises a male coupling portion and a first hose connection portion received within the first hose and the male coupling portion defines a recess;
- and
- a female fitting defining a female longitudinal through hole, wherein the female fitting comprises a second hose connection portion received within a second hose, a female coupling portion, and defines a radial through hole through a wall of the female fitting;
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- a locking member configured to be received through the radial through hole and into the recess thereby fastening the male fitting to the female fitting, wherein a diameter of the second hose connection portion has a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the female coupling portion and the female fitting comprises a female end transition portion at an angle greater than ninety degrees and less than one hundred and seventy degrees relative to the second hose connection portion, and wherein the female end transition portion is adjacent to a male transition portion of the male fitting when the male fitting and the female fitting are connected and the first angle is within thirty degrees of an angle defined by the male transition portion.
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A hose connector, comprising:
- a male fitting connected to a first hose and defining a male longitudinal through hole, wherein the male fitting comprises a male coupling portion and a first hose connection portion received within the first hose and the male coupling portion defines a recess;
- and
- a female fitting defining a female longitudinal through hole, wherein the female fitting comprises a second hose connection portion received within a second hose, a female coupling portion, and defines a radial through hole through a wall of the female fitting;
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- a locking member configured to be received through the radial through hole and into the recess thereby fastening the male fitting to the female fitting, wherein a diameter of the second hose connection portion has a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the female coupling portion and the female fitting comprises a female transition end portion at a first angle greater than one hundred and fifteen degrees and less than one hundred and sixty degrees relative to the second hose connection portion, and wherein the female end transition portion is adjacent to a male transition portion of the male fitting when the male fitting and the female fitting are connected and the first angle is within thirty degrees of an angle defined by the male transition portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.