A connecting assembly for fluidly connecting a first hose segment and a second hose segment, the connecting assembly comprising:
- a main body
- an insert portion extending from the main body and being removably insertable into an inner diameter of a first extremity of the first hose segment, the insert portion having a given length span, and having a first end insertable into said first extremity of the first hose segment, and an opposite second end;
- a bulge provided about the first end of the insert portion, the bulge comprising a frontward portion proximate the first end of the insert portion, a rearward portion between the first and second ends of the insert portion along the length span of the insert portion, and a tapered insertion portion extending between the frontward and rearward portions, the bulge comprising a substantially rounded portion extending between the tapered insertion portion and the rearward portion, and/or between the tapered insertion portion and the frontward portion, said bulge being positioned, shaped and sized for abutting against an inner wall of the inner diameter of the first extremity of the first hose segment, and for allowing an outward overlapping of said first extremity of the first hose segment over the bulge;
- a securing device being positioned, shaped and sized for removably mounting onto a portion of the given length span of the insert portion and defining a through-hole shaped and sized for allowing passage of the bulge therethrough, the securing device being shaped and sized for displacement along said given length span of the insert portion and for operation between a release mode, where the securing device is drawn away from the bulge with the rearward portion of the bulge being positioned along the length span of the insert portion beyond the through-hole of the securing ring and thus the first extremity of the first hose segment being allowed to be removed from the bulge, and a connecting mode, where the securing device is removably displaced over the outward overlapping of the first extremity of the first hose segment extending over the bulge, so as to securely maintain said first extremity of the first hose segment in place against the bulge and thus, prevent the first extremity of the first hose segment from being removed from said bulge;
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- a fluid passage extending through the insert portion for fluidly connecting the inner diameter of the first extremity of the first hose segment to a corresponding inner diameter of a second extremity of the second hose segment when the securing device is operated in the connecting mode.