Fitting
AssigneeMueller Industries, Inc.
InventorJeston S. Cowen
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Abstract
A fitting configured to connect an inlet or outlet of a fluid reservoir to a conduit, wherein the inlet or outlet has a flared end having a diameter that is greater than a tube body of the inlet or the outlet. The fitting includes a housing having a first open end configured for receipt of the inlet or the outlet and a second open end configured for receipt of the conduit; a retaining nut configured to mate with first open end; and a slip washer configured to be sandwiched between the first open end of the housing and the retaining nut, wherein the slip washer is horseshoe-shaped and is configured to restrain movement of the fitting relative to the inlet or outlet.
Claims18
A fitting configured to connect an inlet or outlet of a fluid reservoir to a conduit, the inlet our outlet having a flared end having a diameter that is greater than a tube body of the inlet or the outlet, the fitting comprising:
- a housing having a first open end configured for receipt of the inlet or the outlet and a second open end configured for receipt of the conduit;
- a retaining nut configured to mate with first open end;
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- a slip washer configured to be sandwiched between the first open end of the housing and the retaining nut,
- wherein the slip washer is horseshoe-shaped and is configured to restrain movement of the fitting relative to the inlet or outlet, and
- wherein the housing includes an interior surface that, at the first open end, includes a first cylindrical section and a second cylindrical section that are separated by a radially outwardly recessed section that is configured for receipt of at least one annular seal member.
A fitting configured to connect a tube having a tube body and a flared end having a diameter that is greater than that of the tube body with a conduit, the fitting comprising:
- a housing having a first open end configured for receipt of at least the flared end of the tube and a second open end configured for receipt of the conduit;
- a retaining nut configured to mate with first open end;
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- a slip washer configured to be sandwiched between the first open end of the housing and the retaining nut,
- wherein the slip washer is horseshoe-shaped and is configured to restrain movement of the fitting relative to the tube, and
- wherein the housing includes an interior surface that, at the first open end, includes a first cylindrical section and a second cylindrical section that are separated by a radially outwardly recessed section that is configured for receipt of at least one annular seal member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.