Hose assembly, internally threaded member therefor and methods of making the same

In a hose assembly comprising a flexible hose having opposite ends, an internally threaded member mounted on one of said opposite ends in a manner to swivel thereon to permit said internally threaded member to be finger coupled to an externally threaded part of a liquid dispensing spigot, said internally threaded member having an outer peripheral surface, and an annular plastic member disposed around said internally threaded member in a manner to engage said outer peripheral surface thereof and having an external peripheral surface to be finger engaged for turning said internally threaded member in unison therewith relative to said hose, the improvement wherein said annular plastic member had been molded onto said internally threaded member and includes an inwardly extending edge portion that engages a recessed shoulder of said internally threaded member.

In an internally threaded member for a hose assembly comprising a flexible hose having opposite ends whereby said internally threaded member is adapted to be mounted on one of said opposite ends in a manner to swivel thereon to permit said internally threaded member to be finger coupled to an externally threaded part of a liquid dispensing spigot, said internally threaded member having an outer peripheral surface, and an annular member disposed around said internally threaded member in a manner to engage said outer peripheral surface thereof and having an external peripheral surface to be finger engaged for turning said internally threaded member in unison therewith relative to said hose, the improvement wherein said annular member comprises a SANTOPRENE material and includes an inwardly extending edge portion that engages a recessed shoulder of said internally threaded member.

In an internally threaded member for a hose assembly comprising a flexible hose having opposite ends, an internally threaded member mounted on one of said opposite ends in a manner to swivel thereon to permit said internally threaded member to be finger coupled to an externally threaded part of a liquid dispensing spigot, said internally threaded member having an outer peripheral surface, and an annular plastic member disposed around said internally threaded member in a manner to engage said outer peripheral surface thereof and having an external peripheral surface to be finger engaged for turning said internally threaded member in unison therewith relative to said hose, the improvement wherein said annular plastic member had been molded onto said internally threaded member and includes an inwardly extending edge portion that engages a recessed shoulder of said internally threaded member.

In a method of making a hose assembly comprising a flexible hose having opposite ends, an internally threaded member mounted on one of said opposite ends in a manner to swivel thereon to permit said internally threaded member to be finger coupled to an externally threaded part of a liquid dispensing spigot, said internally threaded member having an outer peripheral surface, and an annular member disposed around said internally threaded member in a manner to engage said outer peripheral surface thereof and having an external peripheral surface to be finger engaged for turning said internally threaded member in unison therewith relative to said hose, the improvement comprising the step of forming said annular member from a SANTOPRENE material to have an inwardly extending edge portion that engages a recessed shoulder of said internally threaded member.

In a method of making a hose assembly comprising a flexible hose having opposite ends, an internally threaded member mounted on one of said opposite ends in a manner to swivel thereon to permit said internally threaded member to be finger coupled to an externally threaded part of a liquid dispensing spigot, said internally threaded member having an outer peripheral surface, and an annular plastic member disposed around said internally threaded member in a manner to engage said outer peripheral surface thereof and having an external peripheral surface to be finger engaged for turning said internally threaded member in unison therewith relative to said hose, the improvement comprising the step of molding said annular plastic member onto said internally threaded member to have an inwardly extending edge portion that engages a recessed shoulder of said internally threaded member.

In a method of making an internally threaded member for a hose assembly comprising a flexible hose having opposite ends whereby said internally threaded member is adapted to be mounted on one of said opposite ends in a manner to swivel thereon to permit said internally threaded member to be finger coupled to an externally threaded part of a liquid dispensing spigot, said internally threaded member having an outer peripheral surface, and an annular member disposed around said internally threaded member in a manner to engage said outer peripheral surface thereof and having an external peripheral surface to be finger engaged for turning said internally threaded member in unison therewith relative to said hose, the improvement comprising the step of forming said annular member from a SANTOPRENE material to have an inwardly extending edge portion that engages a recessed shoulder of said internally threaded member.

In a method of making an internally threaded member for a hose assembly comprising a flexible hose having opposite ends whereby said internally threaded member is adapted to be mounted on one of said opposite ends in a manner to swivel thereon to permit said internally threaded member to be finger coupled to an externally threaded part of a liquid dispensing spigot, said internally threaded member having an outer peripheral surface, and an annular member disposed around said internally threaded member in a manner to engage said outer peripheral surface thereof and having an external peripheral surface to be finger engaged for turning said internally threaded member in unison therewith relative to said hose, the improvement comprising the step of molding said annular plastic member onto said internally threaded member to have an inwardly extending edge portion that engages a recessed shoulder of said internally threaded member.

In a method of making a hose assembly comprising a flexible hose having opposite ends, an internally threaded member mounted on one of said opposite ends in a manner to swivel thereon to permit said internally threaded member to be finger coupled to an externally threaded part of a liquid dispensing spigot, said internally threaded member having an outer peripheral surface, and an annular plastic member disposed around said internally threaded member in a manner to engage said outer peripheral surface thereof and having an external peripheral surface to be finger engaged for turning said internally threaded member in unison therewith relative to said hose, the improvement comprising the steps of forming said annular plastic member as a tubular part having a smooth internal peripheral surface with a diameter that is approximately the same as the diameter of a recessed annular shoulder on said outer peripheral surface of said internally threaded member, and then stretching said tubular part over said internally threaded member such that a trailing portion of said tubular part will snap fit into said recessed annular shoulder of said internally threaded member.