Patent ID: 6231083
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
Pipe coupling apparatus for a liquid conduit, comprising:first generally tubular member having an outlet end portion,an annular resilient gasket disposed in said outlet portion of said first tubular member,a second generally tubular member having a first end portion sized to be disposed within said resilient gasket in the first tubular member outlet portion for sealing engagement with and rotation relative thereto,said second tubular member being engaged with the first tubular member by a bayonet-type insertion of the second tubular member into the first tubular member,two diametrically oppositely positioned lugs extending upwardly and radially inwardly from the first end portion of the first tubular member, andflange portions spaced apart on the second tubular member and spaced from said first end portion thereof to enable the flange portion to pass the lugs of the first tubular member into engagement in said sealing gasket and to retain the first and second tubular members together by engagement of the flange portions with the lugs, whereby said second tubular member is rotatable to selected orientation relative to the first tubular member.