Patent ID: 8157294

Claim:
A fitting for a whirlpool, said fitting comprising: a first pipe for carrying water, a second pipe for carrying water, said first pipe and said second pipe having an interference fit with each other, a coupling from which one of the pipes extends, said coupling having a compressible member having a plurality of fingers disposed around one of said pipes, each of said fingers having a first side for engaging a seal and a second contoured side for engaging a camming surface said seal disposed between said first pipe and said second pipe wherein said seal causes a seal between said first pipe and said second pipe if compressed by said first side of said fingers, and a first thread, a nut through which one of said pipes extends, said nut having, a second thread for engaging said first thread and said camming surface that engages said second side forcing said first side to compress said seal to sealingly engage said first and second pipes while said second thread engages said first thread wherein said first thread and said second thread have an angle whereby rotation of said nut relative to said compressible member causes said seal to sealingly engage said first and second pipes in less than a full turn of said nut.