Patent ID: 6325425
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A connector for a flexible fluid line, comprisinga first universal body member having a passageway extending axially therethrough from one end to an opposite, outer end thereof, an inner coupling member coaxially disposed and fixed within said first universal body member having a passageway extending axially therethrough from one end to an opposite, outer end thereof, and a locking lug depending from a peripheral edge of the outer end of the first universal body member and having an inwardly directing flange about its outer end adapted to connect said first universal body member end to end with a second universal body member; anda second universal body member with an inner coupling member coaxially disposed therein and with a locking lug depending from adjacent a peripheral edge of the second universal body member interfacing with the first universal body member, wherein the first and second universal body members are mutually rotatable relative to one another to effect a bayonet-type coupling wherein the locking lug depending from the first universal body member is located in a peripheral groove formed in a side edge of the inner coupling member of the second universal body member, and wherein the locking lug depending from the second universal body member is located in a peripheral groove formed in a side edge of the inner coupling member of the first universal body member, whereby the outer end of the inner coupling member of the first universal body member interfaces and sealingly engages the outer end of the inner coupling member of the second universal body member.