Patent ID: 6364369
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A tube connecting device comprisinga housing, a socket formed in the housing for receipt of a pipe to be releasably secured therein, a securing arm pivotally mounted to the housing, the securing arm being pivotable from a first, locked position in which a portion of the arm projects through an associated aperture in the wall of the socket to engage a complementarily-shaped portion of the pipe to be retained, to a second, unlocked position in which a projecting portion of the securing arm is withdrawn from the socket, an actuator mounted on the arm, and a locking member located in a chamber within the arm, the actuator being displaceable from a first, locking position in which it displaces the locking member partially out of the chamber and engages it with a recess in the housing to releasably retain the arm in the locked position, to an unlocking position in which the locking member is movable out of the recess in the housing, whereby the securing arm can be pivoted away from the locked position.