Low pressure fitting
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorDarwin C. Olson
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Abstract
A fitting is provided that includes a receptacle having an inner wall forming a female member. The inner wall includes a shoulder and a land. A male member is received in the female member with a gap therebetween. The male member includes an outwardly opening groove. An O-ring is seated between the outwardly opening groove in the male member and the shoulder and the land of the receptacle to prevent removal of the male member from the receptacle. The outwardly opening groove, the shoulder and the land are configured such that compression of the O-ring is sufficient to prevent removal of the male member from the female member.
Claims5
A fitting comprising:
- a female member defining an inwardly opening groove;
- a stop nut threadedly engaged to the female member, the stop nut including a shoulder and a land;
- a sealing O-ring received in the inwardly opening groove;
- a male member received in the female member with a gap therebetween, the male member including an outwardly opening groove;
- a locking O-ring positioned between the outwardly opening groove in the male member and the shoulder and the land of the stop nut to prevent removal of the male member from the female member, wherein the O-ring is sufficiently compressed between the outwardly opening groove, the shoulder and the land alone to prevent removal of the male member from the female member;
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- wherein disengagement of the stop nut from the female member allows the male member to be removed from the female member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.