Patent ID: 6189937
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: F16L,Y10S

Abstract:
A fitting having at least one securing means to sealably secure said fitting to a hole in a conduit, said fitting having a conduit engaging end and a mounting surface at another end, said fitting being shaped to cooperate with an external surface of said conduit, said fitting including an aperture which communicates between said conduit engaging end and said mounting surface, said fitting including a resiliently compressible seal and at least one sealing surface surrounding said aperture in said conduit engaging end to make sealing contact said with said resiliently compressible seal when in use, said at least one securing means depending from said fitting to engage an internal surface of said conduit in the vicinity of said hole in said conduit, said at least one securing means when securing said fitting to said conduit thereby compressing said resiliently compressible seal between said at least one sealing surface and said external surface of said conduit and sealing, said fitting to said conduit, said at least one securing means including a shaped surface adapted to apply compressive deflection to said resiliently compressible seal when said at least one securing means is continued to be rotated after said shaped surface initially engages said internal surface of said conduit, said at least one securing means includes at least one cam surface to engage said internal surface of said conduit and a second cam surface and trailing portion, the trailing portion limiting the rotation of said securing means.