Patent ID: 6616195
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: F16L,Y10S

Abstract:
A connector for connecting a pipe to another flow passage by engagement with a pipe engagement component formed on an outer circumference of the pipe, the connector comprising:casing having (i) a pipe duct configured to be connected to the pipe, (ii) a pipe fitting bore connected to the pipe duct and (iii) a viewing window; a pipe fixing component, slidably supported by the pipe fitting bore, for fixing the pipe to the casing, the pipe fixing component being constructed and arranged to have a stopper engagement tab including a temporary stop position for no fixing of the pipe and a connecting position for fixing of the pipe; and a seal component mounted facing the pipe duct for sealing the pipe, wherein the pipe fixing component is configured to be elastically deformable when sliding in the pipe fitting bore from the temporary stop position to the connecting position, and the connector is configured to enable the stopper engagement tab to open the viewing window and the pipe to be observable through the viewing window in the temporary stop position, and to close the viewing window and the pipe to be unobservable through the viewing window in the connecting position.