Patent ID: 7527299
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A device for attaching a fitting having a conduit in a port of a container comprising: a sleeve forming a conduit having a flange adjacent a first end and a groove formed in an exterior wall of said sleeve; a gasket slidably disposed on said sleeve intermediate said flange and a pressure plate slidably disposed on said sleeve; a securing plate having a plurality of threaded apertures therein and a plurality of side walls attached at each edge of said securing plate approximately perpendicular to a plane of said plate wherein said plate having an aperture formed to slidably dispose said plate on said sleeve; a securing element formed of a first plate having a first groove edge with a first opening therein sized to be disposed in a portion of said groove and a second plate having a second groove edge with a second opening therein sized to be disposed in a portion of said groove; said first plate having a first aperture opposed said first groove edge and a first notch adjacent each first groove edge corner, and said second plate having a second aperture opposed said second groove edge and a second notch adjacent each second groove edge corner; and said securing element disposed in said securing plate with a threaded bolt passing through said first aperture, said second aperture, said first notches and said second notches, and said bolts threadably disposed in each of said threaded apertures to abut at one end to said pressure plate.