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US 7,111,820 B2Granted
Inline connector for a plumbing conduit
AssigneeJbs S.A.
InventorBryan Walter Weis
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Abstract
An apparatus, method, and system for an inline connector for coupling/uncoupling regulators to a plumbing conduit is disclosed herein.
Claims23
A connector comprising:
- a body, adapted to be coupled to a plumbing conduit, including
- an interior cavity,
- a first end having a first aperture and adapted to be disposed within the plumbing conduit coupled to the body;
- and
- a second end having a second aperture and an outer extent adapted to at least facilitate the coupling of the body to the plumbing conduit, the first and second apertures providing access to the interior cavity at the respective ends;
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- a first regulator at least partially disposed in the interior cavity, and adapted to seal and unseal the first aperture to prevent and enable fluidic flow from the first aperture to the second aperture, based at least in part on an absence and a presence of a second regulator at the second aperture, respectively.
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A method comprising:
- inserting a first end of a body of a connector into a plumbing conduit;
- coupling the body of the connector to the plumbing conduit at a outer extent of a second end of the body;
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- controlling fluidic flow from a first aperture at the first end to a second aperture at the second end through an interior cavity of the body with a first regulator disposed at the first aperature by inserting or removing a second regulator into or from the second aperture, respectively.
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A system comprising:
- a flexible conduit having a first end and a second end;
- a nozzle coupled to a first end of the flexible conduit;
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- a connector, to couple to the nozzle, having
- a body, adapted to be coupled to a plumbing fixture, including
- an interior cavity,
- a first end having a first aperture and adapted to be disposed within the plumbing fixture coupled to the body, and
- a second end having a second aperture and an outer extent adapted to at least facilitate the coupling of the body to the plumbing fixture, the first and second apertures providing access to the interior cavity at the respective ends;
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- a regulator at least partially disposed in the interior cavity, and adapted to seal and unseal the first aperture to prevent and enable fluidic flow from the first aperture to the second aperture, based at least in part on an absence and a presence of the nozzle at the second aperture, respectively.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.