Flexible fluid connecting device
AssigneeAmerican Air Filter Company, Inc.
InventorPaul A. Mutchler
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Abstract
A flexible linearly expansible expansion joint including a flexible sleeve utilized in the connection of one tubular member to a second tubular member. The flexible sleeve encircles the one tubular member and is attached at one end thereto, the opposed end including an elongated cylindrical portion having a diameter less than the diameter of the second tubular member wherein the elongated cylindrical portion extends into the second tubular member and an O-ring is disposed around the outer surface of the cylindrical portion and fits within an annular area defined by the outer surface of the flexible sleeve and the inner surface of the second tubular member to provide a fluid tight seal between the first and second tubular members.
Claims5
A fluid connecting device comprising:
- a first conduit member having a first open end, a second conduit member having a first open end, said second conduit member having an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of said first conduit member, said first open end of said first conduit member coaxially extending into said first open end of said second conduit member;
- a resilient flexible sleeve having a first open end and a second open end and surrounding said first conduit member;
- said first open end of said sleeve being fixedly attached to said first conduit member in a substantially fluid tight relation;
- a straight flange end on said flexible sleeve extending inwardly into said second conduit, said straight flange end encircling and being radially spaced from said first open end of said first conduit member, said straight flange end being spaced from said second conduit with sealing means disposed therebetween;
- and,
- said resilient flexible sleeve maintaining said sealing means in sealing position between said second conduit member and said flexible sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.