Patent ID: 6685230
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A fitting for connecting an object, said fitting comprising:a body formed with a housing which has an entrance, said housing being formed with an enclosed area; a guide ring nut placed at said entrance; a toothed spring washer comprising a circular crown from which elastic gripping teeth extend in radial formation towards a center, said spring washer being positioned in said enclosed area formed in said housing, with said circular crown being located beneath said guide ring nut and said elastic teeth extending from said circular crown to press tightly against an object fitted into said housing, said enclosed area being higher than a thickness of said circular crown such that said spring washer may turn on its axis in said housing, wherein said circular crown of said spring washer when in a gripped condition is constrained in said enclosed area, and wherein said circular crown is formed with a radial extension extending away from said center, said radial extension serving as a support for said teeth and said radial extension not being co-planar with said teeth; and a release lever disposed inwardly of said guide ring nut and guided thereby for axial movement with respect to said housing, said release lever having a nose which, upon axial movement of said release lever, contacts said teeth and flexes them with respect to said circular crown to release said teeth from gripping arrangement with an object being gripped by said teeth.