Patent ID: 7846365

Claim:
A method of manufacture of a fitting with an inner member, a sleeve, and an outer member that is rotatable over said sleeve, the method including the steps of: a) making the outer member to a shape that includes a radially inturned annular flange at one end and an axially extending portion having an internal thread, b) placing the sleeve within said outer member, said sleeve having a body with an internal surface and an external surface and including a radial outwardly extending annular sleeve flange having a first annular surface and a second annular surface, said first annular surface of the sleeve flange abutting against said outer member flange and the sleeve body extending longitudinally away from said internal thread, c) positioning the outer member and sleeve onto axially aligned front and rear male portions of a moulding die and within two female portions so that a plurality of locating pins extend between said front male portion and said second annular surface of said sleeve and retain said second annular surface a distance away from the front male portion such that a gap exists there between; d) closing the moulding die thereby placing the outer member and the sleeve in their final position and establishing a moulding cavity within which is located the outer member and the sleeve, part of the surface of said cavity defined by the second annular surface of the sleeve flange, part of which is defined by the inner surface of the sleeve, part of which is defined by a portion of the outer surface of the sleeve, part of which is defined by inner surfaces of the female die portions, and part of which is defined by surfaces of the front and rear male die portions.