Patent ID: 8033524
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A female element of a connector for removable joining of ducts through which a pressurized fluid flows, the female element being able to receive a male element including a peripheral surface and an end surface, by fitment along a longitudinal axis of the female element, the peripheral surface being cylindrical adjacent the end surface, the female element comprising; a seal housed inside a body of the female element so as to interact in a sealed manner with the peripheral surface of the male element when fitted into the female element and an interface member housed inside the body and movable in translation parallel to the longitudinal axis of fitment, the interface member being axially movable by the male element during fitment of the male element into the female element from a first position, in which the interface member is positioned radially between the seal and the peripheral surface of the male element and such that the end surface of the male element can not directly contact the seal as the end surface extends through and beyond the seal within the female member, to a second position, in which the interface member is offset axially relative to the seal and the seal rests in a sealed manner on an area of the peripheral surface of the male element which area is spaced at a distance from the end surface of the male element sufficient so that the seal will not be in contact with the end surface and thus can not be damaged by protruding irregularities that may be present on the end surface of the male element as the interface member is moved between the first and second positions thereof.