Corrugated hose coupling
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorDonald Zorn
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Abstract
A coupling for coupling a corrugated hose to a socket having a cylindrical body with a "U"-shaped annular recess therein. The hose has an outside surface with parallel grooves therein. The parallel grooves have slanted or tapered sides. Flexible "O"-rings are stretched over the outside surface and placed in the parallel grooves near one end of the hose. The hose with the "O"-rings thereon is pushed into the socket so that the "O"-rings contact the "U"-shaped recess. Each "O" ring provides a seal between each of the tapered sides of the groove in which it is positioned and the "U"-shaped annular recess to provide a three point contact air seal between the hose and the socket.
Claims2
A coupling comprised solely of a socket, a flexible corrugated hose, and an "O"-ring:
- said socket having a cylindrical body having an annular recess therein;
- said flexible corrugated hose having an outside surface with parallel grooves having tapered sides therein;
- said "O"-ring positioned in one of said grooves near one end of said flexible corrugated hose;
- said "O"-ring being positioned in said annular recess when said one end of said flexible corrugated hose is inserted in said socket to enable said "O"-ring to provide only a three point seal between the tapered sides of the groove in which the "O"-ring is located and the annular recess in said socket;
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- said socket having an annular shoulder therein to limit the movement of said one end of said flexible corrugated hose into said socket and said "O"-ring cooperating with said annular recess to restrain the movement of said flexible corrugated hose out of said socket.
A coupling comprised solely of a socket, a flexible corrugated hose, and first and second flexible "O"-rings;
- said socket having a cylindrical body having a "U"-shaped annular recess therein;
- said flexible corrugated hose having an outside surface with parallel grooves having tapered sides therein;
- said first and second flexible "O"-rings being positioned in first and second ones of said parallel grooves near one end of said flexible corrugated hose;
- said first and second flexible "O"-rings being positioned in said "U"-shaped annular recess when said one end of said flexible corrugated hose is inserted in said socket to provide an air seal between said flexible corrugated hose and said socket;
- each of said first and second flexible "O"-rings providing only a three point seal between the associated tapered sides of the first and second ones of said parallel grooves, respectively, and the "U"-shaped recess;
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- said socket having an annular shoulder therein to limit the movement of said one end of said flexible corrugated hose into said socket and said "O"-rings cooperating with said annular recess to restrain the movement of said flexible corrugated hose out of said socket.
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