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US 8,398,122 B2Granted
Push connect joint assembly, system and method
AssigneeQuick Fitting, Inc.
InventorsDavid B. Crompton, Libardo Ochoa Dias
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Abstract
A push fitting joint packaging arrangement allows the re-use and repair of push-to-connect fittings and valves without damage to the fitting or valve elements or the pipe, and without coining, gluing or threaded engagement of parts. In one embodiment of the present invention, the arrangement comprises a split fastening ring and a split O-ring support member.
Claims18
A push fitting joint packing arrangement, comprising:
- at least one o-ring member;
- a split o-ring support member immediately adjacent the o-ring member;
- a split fastening ring immediately adjacent the split o-ring support member, wherein the split fastening ring has first and second faces, and wherein the o-ring support member is immediately adjacent the first face of the split fastening ring;
- and
- a split spacer member abutting the second face of the split fastening ring.
2 more elements
A method of enabling a fitting to receive a pipe through push connection, comprising:
- providing a fitting;
- inserting at least one o-ring member into the fitting;
- inserting a split o-ring support member into the fitting such that the o-ring support member is immediately adjacent the at least one o-ring member;
- inserting a split fastening ring into the fitting, wherein the split fastening ring has first and second faces, and wherein the o-ring support member is inserted so as to be immediately adjacent the first face of the split fastening ring;
- and
- inserting a split spacer member after inserting the split fastening ring such that the split spacer member is immediately adjacent the split fastening ring.
3 more elements
A push connect fitting arrangement, comprising:
- a fitting having an internal wall defining an internal cavity and at least two internal housing elements;
- a first housing element packing arrangement comprising at least one o-ring member and a split o-ring support member immediately adjacent the at least one o-ring member;
- and
- a second housing element packing arrangement comprising a split fastening ring immediately adjacent the split o-ring support member and further comprising a split spacer member.
1 more element
A push fitting joint packing arrangement, comprising:
- a split fastening ring;
- a split o-ring support member immediately adjacent the split fastening ring;
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- a split spacer member integrally formed with the split fastening ring to form a single monolithic member.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.