Coupling of conduits with melted and solidified plastic material
OwnerBertram Beigel, Jochen Muellerinventors
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Abstract
A method of coupling at least two conduits for bringing them in communication. Each of the conduits is adapted for conducting a medium and has an outlet and an outer surface adjacent to the outlet. The outer surfaces and a solid plastic material are at least partly inserted into an aperture of a coupling element. The plastic material is plastified and/or melted at least partly. The plastic material is solidified for sealing and fixing the conduits within the aperture of the coupling element.
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1-30. (canceled)
A method of coupling at least two conduits for bringing them in communication, wherein each of the conduits is adapted for conducting a medium and comprises an outlet and an outer surface adjacent to the outlet, and at least one of the conduits comprises a light guide adapted for conducting and irradiating a fluid with light and at least one of the conduits is a fluid conduit adapted for conducting a fluid,
- the method comprising:
- inserting the outer surfaces at least partly and a solid plastic material into an aperture of a coupling element,
- heating the plastic material at least partly for at least one of:
- plastifying, melting,
- solidifying the plastic material for sealing and fixing the conduits within the aperture of the coupling element.
A coupling for bringing at least two conduits in communication, comprising:
- a coupling element with an aperture, and
- a plastic material or compound adapted for sealing and fixing the at least two conduits within the aperture,
- wherein each conduit comprises an outer surface and is adapted for conducting a medium,
- the aperture is adapted for receiving the plastic material and at least partly the outer surfaces of the conduits,
- the plastic material was heated for at least one of:
- at least partly plastifying, at least partly melting;
- and thereafter solidified, and
- at least one of the conduits comprises a light guide adapted for conducting and irradiating a fluid with light and at least one of the conduits is a fluid conduit adapted for conducting a fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.