Sanitary coupling assembly
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation
InventorJeffrey T. Nielson
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Abstract
A sanitary coupling assembly for mounting on a fluid system includes a female coupler and a male coupler. The female coupler has a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end has a first inner threaded surface defining an opening therein to receive an end of a hose. The proximal end has a second inner threaded surface having a polymer coating. The proximal end is configured to matingly engage a complementary structure located on the male coupler.
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A sanitary coupler comprising:
- a distal end having a first inner threaded surface defining an opening therein to receive an end of a hose, and
- a proximal end having a second inner threaded surface, said second inner threaded surface having a polymer coating, wherein the proximal end is configured to matingly engage a complementary structure located on a complementary coupler,
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A sanitary coupler comprising:
- a distal end having a first inner threaded surface defining an opening therein to receive an end of a hose, having an interference between an outer diameter of the hose and an inner diameter of the first inner threaded surface of at least about 0.030 inches and up to at least about 0.090 inches, and
- a proximal end having a second inner threaded surface configured to matingly engage a complementary structure located on a complementary coupler.
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A fluid system comprising:
- a first fluid container coupled to a first inner threaded surface of a distal end of a female coupler, wherein a proximal end of the female coupler includes a second inner threaded surface having a polymer coating;
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- a second fluid container coupled to a distal end of a male coupler, wherein a proximal end of the male coupler includes an outer threaded surface configured to matingly engage the second inner threaded surface of the female coupler.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.