Patent ID: 7543858

Claim:
A water pipe connector adapted for connection to a water pipe, said water pipe connector comprising: a hollow main body having a pipe coupling portion that is adapted to be sleeved on one end segment of the water pipe and that has an inner wall surface surrounding an axis, an outer wall surface opposite to said inner wall surface, and a plurality of radial holes formed through said inner and outer wall surfaces and angularly spaced apart from each other relative to the axis; a clamping component having a rim portion that surrounds the axis, and a plurality of resilient arms that extend from said rim portion parallel to the axis and that are to be disposed between said inner wall surface of said pipe coupling portion of said main body and the end segment of the water pipe, each of said resilient arms having an engaging member projecting through a respective one of said radial holes in said pipe coupling portion of said main body; and a locking collar that is sleeved rotatably on said pipe coupling portion of said main body, that has an internal collar surface formed with a plurality of first grooves angularly spaced apart from each other relative to the axis, and that is rotatable about the axis between an unlocking position, where said engaging members are received respectively in said first grooves in said internal collar surface such that said resilient arms are loosely disposed around the end segment of the water pipe and permit removal of the end segment of the water pipe from said pipe coupling portion of said main body, and a locking position, where said internal collar surface abuts against said engaging members and urges said resilient arms in radial inward directions relative to the axis, thereby enabling said resilient arms to abut tightly against the end segment of the water pipe in said pipe coupling portion so as to arrest removal of the end segment of the water pipe from said pipe coupling portion of said main body.