Swivel connector for nozzle and garden hose
OwnerLeon J. Cheramieinventor
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Abstract
A swivel connector for connecting a garden hose with a water receiving device including an inner ring seal member having a central tubular portion and a first and second seal flange extending from either peripheral end of the central portion, each of the first and second flanges having a resilient outer sealing surface that fits within an inner peripheral groove provided within a first and second female swivel member. The first female swivel member has a conventional female hose fitting. The second female swivel member includes a connecting mechanism for forming a fluid connection with a water flow receiving device. The connecting mechanism may take the form of a conventional male hose fitting or an integrally formed connection with a water flow receiving device such as a spray nozzle.
Claims1
A swivel connector for connecting a garden a hose with a water receiving device comprising:
- an inner ring seal member having a central tubular portion and a first and second seal flange extending from either peripheral end of said central portion, said first seal flange having a first resilient outer sealing surface, said second seal flange having a second resilient outer sealing surface;
- a first female swivel member having a first tubular portion having a first end having a first inner peripheral groove sized to receive, and having slidingly sealingly disposed therein, said first seal flange of said inner ring seal member in a manner to form a fluid pathway between said central tubular portion of said inner ring seal member and said first tubular portion of said first female swivel member, and a second end having a hose connecting mechanism in connection therewith for forming a fluid connection with a male fitting end of a water hose;
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- a second female swivel member having a second tubular portion having a third end having a second inner peripheral groove sized to receive, and having slidingly sealingly disposed therein, said second seal flange of said inner ring seal member in a manner to form a fluid pathway between said central tubular portion of said inner ring seal member and said second tubular portion of said second female swivel member, and a fourth end having a connecting mechanism for forming a fluid connection with a water flow receiving device;
- said first resilient outer sealing surface being sufficiently compressible to allow said first seal flange to be positioned into said first inner peripheral groove and sufficiently resilient to decompress to form a sliding seal against said first inner peripheral groove, said second resilient outer sealing surface being sufficiently compressible to allow said second seal flange to be positioned into said second inner peripheral groove and sufficiently resilient to decompress to form a sliding seal against said second inner peripheral groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.