Patent ID: 6488316
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: F16L,Y10S

Abstract:
A sealed coupling system for corrugated flexible hose comprising:A) a base plate including (1) inner and outer faces, (2) a base plate opening defined through said inner and outer faces, and (3) internal threads on said base plate adjacent to said opening; B) a termination fitting including (1) a body, (2) a male section on said body having a bore defined therethrough and external threads thereon which are sized and configured to threadably engage the internal threads on said base plate when said termination fitting is mounted ons aid base plate, (3) a female section on said body having a bore defined therethrough which is aligned with the bore defined through said mail section and internal threads defined thereon to be adjacent to the bore defined through said female section; (4) an internal shoulder located at the intersection of the bore through said male section and the bore through said female section; C) a gasket sized to encircle a flexible hose received through the aligned bores defined through said male section and through said female section with the flexible hose extending out of said termination fitting through said male section of said body of the termination fitting; D) a slider ring sized to encircle the flexible hose received through the aligned bores defined through said male section and through said female section, said slider ring abutting said gasket when said slider ring is in place on the hose in said termination fitting; and E) a retainer ring sized to encircle a flexible hose received through the aligned bores defined through said male section and through said female section, said retainer ring abutting the internal shoulder of said body and said slider ring when said retainer ring is in place on the hose in said termination fitting.