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US 6,260,890 B1Granted
Tubing connector
AssigneeBreg, Inc.
InventorJeffrey T. Mason
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AssigneeBreg, Inc.
InventorJeffrey T. Mason
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A tubing connector has a body, a tubular member, a compression member, a cap and a coupling. The body has a bore extending through it and a body portion of the tubular member is positioned in the bore of the body with an extension portion of the tubular member extending from the bore of the body. The compression member is fitted in the cap and also has a bore extending through it. The cap is provided with an opening and an orifice which are aligned with the bore of the compression member to define a continuous passageway through the cap. The coupling connectively engages the body with the cap. The tubing connector also optionally includes a coupling element which enables connective engagement of the body with an adjoining member. To use the tubing connector, the flexible tube is threaded through the continuous passageway of the cap and fitted over the extension portion of the tubular member. The cap and the body are then connectively engaged around the extension portion. The body applies a compressive force to the elastically-deformable compression member when engaged with the cap which retains the flexible tube in place while the non-elastically-deformable tubular member prevents the compressive force from collapsing the flexible tube.
A tubing connector for a flexible tube comprising:
A method for fluid communicatively connecting a flexible tube to an adjoining member comprising:
A method for retaining a flexible tube in a tubing connector without substantially occluding the flexible tube, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.