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US 8,006,367 B1Granted
Fitting to secure tubing within a CPI port
OwnerJohn W. Bestinventor
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Abstract
A fitting having a terminator pin that includes a tubing channel to receive tubing. The fitting includes a fitting body having a terminator pin channel to receive the terminator pin and having exterior threading to engage internal threading of a CPI type port. The fitting includes a first ferrule that receives the terminator pin. The fitting has a cap with a closed end and an open end. The cap has internal threading to engage the exterior threading of the fitting body and a hole to receive said terminator pin. The fitting has a second ferrule that receives the terminator pin.
Claims3
A method of coupling a tube to a CPI type port, comprising:
- inserting tubing into a terminator pin;
- securing a tip of the tubing to an exit end of the terminator pin;
- inserting the terminator pin into a hole in a closed end of a cap and extending the terminator pin out an open end of the cap;
- inserting the terminator pin into an open entrance end of a first ferrule, inserting the terminator pin through a through hole of the first ferrule and extending the terminator pin out an open exit end of the first ferrule;
- inserting the terminator pin into an open entrance end of a fitting body, inserting the terminator pin through a terminator pin channel of the fitting body and extending the terminator pin out an open exit end of the fitting body;
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- inserting the terminator pin into an open entrance end of a second ferrule, inserting the terminator pin through a through hole of the second ferrule and extending the terminator pin out an open exit end of the second ferrule.
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