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US 9,671,049 B1Granted
Hybrid push-to-connect fitting device and assembly
AssigneeQuick Fitting, Inc.
InventorsDavid B. Crompton, Libardo Ochoa Dias, Herbert J. Bouchard
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Abstract
A fitting device includes a fitting body having an interior surface defining an interior, a packing assembly maintained within the fitting body interior, a retaining nut, and a shoe member maintained between the retaining nut and the axially outer rim of the fitting body, whereupon inserted tubes or pipes can be securely inserted into the fitting interior and maintained therein.
Claims14
A hybrid push-to-connect fitting, comprising:
- a fitting body member having an interior wall, an exterior wall and an axially outer rim, wherein the interior wall defines a cavity extending through the fitting body member along a fitting axis;
- at least one sealing ring positioned against the interior wall;
- a sealing ring retainer position against the interior wall and the at least one sealing ring;
- a fastening ring having a base portion and teeth, wherein the base portion is positioned against the fitting interior wall;
- a retaining ring positioned against the interior wall and the fastening ring;
- a release pusher positioned within the cavity and against the retaining ring;
- a nut connector threadably securable to the exterior wall of the fitting, with the nut connector having a radially extending end wall;
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- a shoe member secured between the axially outer rim of the fitting body member and the nut connector radially extending end wall.
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