Patent ID: 8596687
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A fitting for a pipe having a base body having a passage for a fluid, the base body being circumferentially asymmetrical about an axis extending along a length of the passage for the fluid of the base body, a connecting body releaseably connectable to the base body, also comprising a passage for a fluid, to which a pipe can be connected, the connecting body being circumferentially symmetrical about an axis extending along a length of the passage for fluid of the connecting body, having both bodies comprise contact surfaces configured such that one of the contact surfaces can be slid into the other of the contact surfaces, comprising at least one pair of opposing recesses forming a receiving chamber, and a substantially incompressible and flexible locking element that can be inserted into the receiving chamber for fixing the two bodies to each other, the locking element having opposing ends, having at least one of the two bodies comprise a first access chamber extending between an outer surface of the at least one body and the receiving chamber, having the first access chamber substantially connect to the receiving chamber in a tangential direction and as an extension thereof, and having the locking element comprise a lock protrusion at one of the opposing ends thereof for locking the locking element externally at at least one of the two bodies in order to prevent the locking element from unintentionally slipping out of the receiving chamber.