Patent ID: 8172276
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fitting connectable to a pipe, the fitting and pipe combination comprising: a pipe having an end portion; a housing configured to define an open space for receiving at least part of the end portion of the pipe into the housing; an insert member fixedly secured to the housing for inserting into an open end of a passageway of the end portion of the pipe, the housing and insert member cooperatively defining an open space therebetween for receiving at least part of the end portion of the pipe between the insert member and the housing; and a retention member which moves relative to the housing to constrict the size of the defined open space and radially compress at least part of the end portion of the pipe against the insert member so as to at least partially secure the insert member within the passageway of the end portion of the pipe; wherein the housing includes a first end for receiving at least part of the end portion of the pipe into the housing and a second end opposite the first end, the housing including one or more openings adjacent its second end positioned so that at least part of the end portion of the pipe is visible through the one or more openings when the end portion of the pipe is received into the housing, whereby the one or more openings provide a visual indication of reception of the pipe into the housing.