Patent ID: 6439617
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A coupler for conduits, comprising:a coupling body having at least one coupling part, said coupling body having a groove and an outwardly extending shoulder juxtaposed to said groove, said shoulder having an outer surface with a non-circular configuration; a pressing sleeve disposed about said coupling part, said pressing sleeve having a projection extending generally radially inwardly, said projection being disposed in said groove in said coupling body, said shoulder of said coupling body being disposed within said pressing sleeve juxtaposed to said projection on said pressing sleeve, said pressing sleeve having a resilient portion, said resilient portion being enabled to be temporarily pressed into a sprung non-circular configuration to enable said resilient portion to pass over said outer surface of said shoulder, said resilient portion being enabled to assume an assembled configuration different from said non-circular sprung configuration when said resilient portion is no longer temporarily pressed; and an interlocking connection lockingly connecting said pressing sleeve to said coupling part.