Patent ID: 6517124
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A device for connecting a pipe end to a member, the device comprising a tubular endpiece having a first end secured to the member and a second end through which the pipe end can be engaged in the endpiece, the endpiece being provided internally with an abutment against engagement of the pipe end and means for securing the pipe end in leakproof manner inside the endpiece, these means including a sealing element and means for retaining the pipe end inside the endpiece, wherein the device comprises a sleeve that is elastically deformable at least in an axial direction, which sleeve has means for fixing it axially in the endpiece and, towards the first end of the endpiece, an end provided with an annular internal shoulder for coming into contact against an end face of the pipe end and wherein the endpiece has an annular inner swelling providing an abutment against axial lengthening of the sleeve and cooperating with the end of the sleeve that is provided with the annular inner shoulder so as to form said abutment against engagement of the pipe end.