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US 2023/0194027 A1Published application
Dynamic Bellows Fluid Fitting
AssigneeB. & E. Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorJOHN L. BINFORD
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Abstract
A fitting for a fluid line that will contain pressurized fluid can include first and second fitting elements with respective sealing surfaces and an indicator element for indicating when a fluid seal has been formed. A fitting for a fluid line that will contain pressurized fluid can include first and second fitting elements with a sealing structure secured in one of the first and second fitting elements, wherein the sealing structure is axially resiliently compressible, one example of which includes a bellows element.
Claims21
A fitting for a fluid line containing pressurized fluid, the fitting comprising:
- a first fitting element configured to join with a second fitting element through relative axial movement of the first and second fitting elements, the first fitting element including a cylindrical body extending around an axis and a wall defining a bore through the first fitting element for allowing fluid to flow through the bore;
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- a sealing element fixed in the first fitting element, wherein the sealing element is cylindrical with a first end portion fixed in the first fitting element adjacent the wall defining the bore, a body portion adjacent the first end portion wherein the body portion has a plurality of undulations and is resiliently axially compressible and includes a second end opposite the first end forming a sealing surface facing away from the first end portion for sealing against a facing sealing surface on a second fitting element.
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