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US 9,923,354 B2Granted
Integrated piping conduit with adaptor device and method
AssigneeQuick Fitting, Inc.
InventorsDavid B. Crompton, Libardo Ochoa Dias, Herbert J. Bouchard
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Abstract
Embodiments of an integrated piping conduit in accordance with aspects of the present invention include a push-to-connect fitting integrated with an adaptor device and associated methods. Embodiments include an adaptor having a body portion, and an ear member extending at least partially radially outwardly and at least partially axially outwardly from the outer surface of the body portion.
Claims8
A conduit device, comprising:
- a fitting having an interior wall, an exterior wall, a first end wall and a second end wall, wherein the interior wall defines a cavity extending axially through the fitting;
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- an adaptor having a body portion with an interior wall and an outer circumferential wall, wherein the interior wall defines an opening extending through the adaptor along an adaptor axis, and wherein the fitting is removably engageable with the adaptor, wherein the adaptor further comprises at least one ear member integrally formed with the body portion so as to comprise a single unitary member, with the at least one ear member extending radially outwardly from the outer circumferential wall of the body portion of the adaptor, and comprising at least one wall tapering along a plane inwardly from a first width at the outer circumferential wall to a second width at an outer edge of the at least one ear member, wherein the second width is smaller than the first width, and wherein the radial distance from the adaptor axis to the outer edge of the at least one ear member is greater than the radial distance from the adaptor axis to the adaptor body portion outer circumferential wall;
- at least one sealing member positioned within the fitting cavity, wherein the at least one sealing member has a substantially ring-shaped body forming an opening extending axially therethrough;
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- a fastening ring positioned within the fitting cavity, wherein the fastening ring has a substantially ring-shaped body forming an opening extending axially therethrough.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.