Hose connector
OwnerPo-Wen Cheninventor
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Abstract
A hose connector is mounted on an open end of a hose and has a bushing, a nut and at least one collar. The bushing has an insertion section mounted in the open end of the hose. The nut is mounted detachably around the bushing, is mounted around the hose and has a compressing flange formed on the nut. The at least one collar is mounted around the hose, mounted rotatably in the nut, abuts the compressing flange and presses tightly against the open end of the hose. The insertion section of the bushing and the at least one collar cooperate to tightly hold the hose in the hose connector. The hose connector uses the bushing and collar to hold the hose.
Claims9
A hose connector comprising:
- a hose made of polyfluoroalkoxy;
- a bushing made of polyfluoroalkoxy and having
- an outer surface;
- an inside end having an inclined surface formed on the inside end and facing obliquely outward;
- an outside end being opposite to the inside end;
- a central hole being defined axially through the bushing and having an inner surface and an inner diameter;
- an insertion section attached to the bushing adjacent to the inside end, having an outer diameter;
- an engaging thread being formed on the outer surface of the bushing adjacent to the insertion section and having an outer diameter larger than that of the insertion section;
- a nut being cylindrical, made of polyfluoroalkoxy, mounted detachably around the bushing, mounted around the hose and having
- a connecting end;
- a compressing end being opposite to the connecting end;
- a mounting hole being defined axially through the nut, being mounted around the bushing and having an inner surface;
- an engaging thread being formed on the inner surface of the mounting hole adjacent to the connecting end and detachably engaging the engaging thread on the bushing;
- and
- a compressing flange formed on and protruding radially inward from the inner surface of the mounting hole adjacent to the compressing end;
- and
- at least one collar being annular, made of resin, being harder than the hose, mounted around the hose, mounted rotatably in the mounting hole in the nut, abutting the compressing flange, aligning with the insertion section of the bushing, and pressed by the compressing flange to press tightly against the enlarged open end of the hose, and each collar having
- an inner diameter being smaller than the outer diameter of the insertion section of the bushing and being larger than the inner diameter of the central hole of the bushing;
- an inside surface contacting the hose;
- and
- two opposite side surfaces;
- two opposite clamping edges, each clamping edge defined between the inside surface and one of the side surfaces;
- wherein the open end of the hose is enlarged and has a beveled ring segment extending obliquely from the hose and fittingly contacts the inclined surface of the bushing and an enlarged tubular segment extending axially from the beveled ring segment and mounted around the insertion section of the bushing;
- each side surface of each collar has an included angle defined between the inside surface and the side surface of the collar and being an acute angle;
- one clamping edge aligns with the inclined surface of the inside end of the bushing and cooperates with the inclined surface to tightly press against and stab the beveled ring segment of the hose because of a relation between the outer and inner diameters of the bushing and the inner diameter of the collar;
- and
- a V-shaped gap is defined between the beveled ring segment and one side surface of the collar being adjacent to the beveled ring segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.