Patent ID: 7448654
Filing Date: 2008-11-11
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A fluid transport circuit element comprising a body having a bore with one end fitted with a pipe end coupling device, the coupling device having a portion fitted with an anchor washer for anchoring the device in the bore, wherein the washer has teeth that bite into a surface of the bore in an anchor state of said washer and is deformable between said anchor state and a free passage state, and wherein said portion is arranged to be drivable from outside the body in the insertion direction into the bore from an anchor position in which the washer is in its anchor state and a release position in which the washer co-operates in the insertion direction with a stationary abutment that is inside the bore, thereby bringing the washer into its free passage state, and retention means for retaining the washer in said free passage state.