Patent ID: 6494502
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A tube connector comprisingan outer ring having inner and outer surfaces, gripping means on the outer surface of the outer ring for facilitating gripping of the outer ring for rotating it about its axis, a seat on the inner surface of the outer ring for an inner ring, an inner ring having inner and outer surfaces, said inner ring being concentric with the outer ring and engaging the seat for enabling the outer ring to rotate about its axis relative to the inner ring, said inner surface of the inner ring for directly engaging opposed ends of tubes, and a plurality of cams on the outer surface of the inner ring and a plurality of inwardly extending protrusions on the inner surface of the outer ring for selectively engaging the cams when the two rings are in a first circumferential position with respect to one another to compress the inner ring and the opposed ends, and for disengaging the cams to relieve pressure on the inner ring and the opposed ends in a second circumferential position.