Patent ID: 6247869
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
A tubing connector adapted to receive end portions of at least three elongate substantially rigid tubes and to hold them in defined angular relationship relative to each other, the connector comprising:a body having a central portion and protrusions that extend outwardly from said central portion, said central portion and protrusions defining a plurality of tube-receiving and holding apertures formed therein with each aperture having a tube-receiving mouth offset from other apertures in the body through which a tube may be inserted into an aperture in said body, said body comprising a pair of laterally spaced side members which define side walls for apertures in said protrusions, and an aperture in the central portion extends between said spaced side members with said tube-receiving and holding apertures occupying a common plane, andstop elements in said apertures in the protrusions spaced inwardly of the body from the mouth of its associated aperture to limit the extent to which an end portion of a tube may be inserted longitudinally into said body.