Patent ID: 6481758
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A system for releasably connecting a tube to a flexible hose, the system comprising:an endpiece disposed at an end of the hose and having first locking means suitable, when in a coupling situation in which a first of two parts constituted by the tube and the endpiece is engaged in a second of said two parts, for co-operating with second locking means fitted to the tube, and in a decoupling situation said first and second locking means being selectively releasable whereby said tube and endpiece can be disengaged; the system further comprising: a gasket suitable for sealing a link between the tube and the endpiece in said coupling situation, the endpiece having first and second rings disposed one after the other on a first one of an inside face and an outside face of the hose, a sealing gap being organized between said rings, the second ring being closer to the end of the hose than the first, the endpiece further including a tubular body which is disposed on the second one of said inside face and said outside face of the hose and which extends at least over a region of said second face corresponding to a zone occupied by the sealing gap on the first face, and in that the gasket is formed by a swelling of the hose which is to be found in the sealing gap and which, in said coupling situation, is in sealing contact with the tube.