Air conveyance quick connect fitting
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsAndrew W. Harmon, Derryn W. Pikesh
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Abstract
This disclosure is for a sliding connector pipe assembly. The assembly has a pipe defining an axis and configured to direct fluid flow, a sliding connector slidably positioned around an end portion of the pipe, the sliding connector being selectively slidable between an extended displacement and a retracted displacement relative to the pipe, and a locking mechanism that selectively prevents axial movement of the sliding connector from the extended displacement to the retracted displacement. The locking mechanism prevents the sliding member from transition from the extended displacement to the retracted displacement regardless of the rotational orientation of the sliding connector relative to the pipe about the axis.
Claims20
A sliding connector pipe assembly, comprising:
- a pipe defining an axis and configured to direct fluid flow;
- a sliding connector slidably positioned around an end portion of the pipe, the sliding connector being selectively slidable between an extended displacement and a retracted displacement relative to the pipe;
- and
- a locking mechanism that selectively prevents axial movement of the sliding connector from the extended displacement to the retracted displacement;
- wherein the locking mechanism prevents the sliding member from transition from the extended displacement to the retracted displacement regardless of the rotational orientation of the sliding connector relative to the pipe about the axis.
A sliding connector assembly, comprising:
- a pipe receiving end defined about an axis and configured to slidably receive a pipe therein;
- a coupling end configured to selectively couple the coupling end to a receiver;
- and
- a locking mechanism that selectively extends radially inward from an inner connector wall and is configured to selectively limit the axial movement of the pipe when positioned in the pipe receiving end;
- wherein the locking mechanism is configured to selectively lock the axial location the pipe regardless of the rotation orientation of the pipe about the axis relative to the pipe receiving end.
A method for coupling a pipe to a receiver, comprising:
- releasing a locking mechanism on a sliding connector and axially moving the sliding connector to a retracted displacement on the pipe;
- positioning a coupling end of the sliding connector adjacent to a receiver;
- axially moving the sliding connector along the pipe towards an extended displacement as the coupling end is coupled to the receiver;
- and
- locking the sliding connector in the extended displacement with the locking mechanism such that the sliding connector is prevented from returning to the retracted displacement by the locking mechanism;
- wherein the locking mechanism selectively locks the sliding connector in the extended displacement regardless of the rotational position of the sliding connector relative to the pipe or receiver about an axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.