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US 2014/0152002 A1Published application
Push-to-Connect Joint Assembly, Device and Method
AssigneeQuick Fitting, Inc.
InventorsDavid B. Crompton, Libardo Ochoa Dias
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Abstract
A push fitting joint packaging arrangement allows the re-use and repair of push-to-connect fittings and valves without damage to the fitting or valve elements or the pipe, and without coining, gluing or threaded engagement of parts. In one embodiment of the present invention, the arrangement comprises a split fastening ring and a split O-ring support member.
Claims17
A push fitting joint packing arrangement, comprising:
- a fastening ring;
- a split o-ring support member immediately adjacent the fastening ring;
- and
- a spacer member integrally formed with the fastening ring to form a single monolithic member.
1 more element
A method of enabling a fitting to receive a pipe through push connection, comprising:
- providing a fitting;
- inserting a split o-ring support member into the fitting;
- providing a fastening ring with a spacer member integrally formed therewith to form a single monolithic member;
- and
- inserting the fastening ring with integral spacer member into the fitting.
2 more elements
A push fitting joint packing arrangement, comprising:
- a piping element having an inner wall;
- at least one o-ring member maintained against the piping element inner wall;
- a split o-ring support member immediately adjacent the o-ring member, with the support member having an axially outer surface engaging the piping element inner wall;
- and
- a split fastening ring immediately adjacent the split o-ring support member.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.