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| 285256000 |
Deformation
| 44 |
| 285245000 |
Screw-compressed
| 20 |
| 285252000 |
Band clamp with tightener
| 7 |
| 285259000 |
Particular surface
| 6 |
| 285243000 |
Movable jaw | 5 |
| 20080284163 | Connector for flexible tubing - A connector is provided for connecting a flexible conduit with a second conduit having a barbed outer surface. The connector accommodates the end of the flexible conduit and the end of the second conduit in a manner which prevents removal of the flexible conduit and the second conduit from the connector. Optionally, the connector has a ring that may be used to apply additional pressure and security to the outer surface of the flexible conduit. additionally, the connector may have a wireless enabled communication and optionally, memory device such as a RFID tag attached or affixed to it. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090179422 | Barb Clamp with Smooth Bore - A barb clamp is provided for fluid liquid or gaseous connection to a flexible tube, the flexible tube having an inner bore defined by a predetermined inner diameter for providing a fluid flow path. The barb clamp includes a barb connector having the same predetermined inner diameter as the flexible tube and a tapered end insertable into the tube. A sleeve and collet lock over the tubing and barb connector to prevent liquid material entering between the barb and tube. The tapered end of the barb connector terminates at a point so that there is no transition between the inner diameter of the tube and the inner diameter of the barb connector to provide no pressure differential in the tube between the outside and inside of the barb clamp. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090212559 | Barb Clamp with Smooth Bore - A barb clamp is provided for fluid liquid or gaseous connection to a flexible tube, the flexible tube having an inner bore defined by a predetermined inner diameter for providing a fluid flow path. The barb clamp includes a barb connector having the same predetermined inner diameter as the flexible tube and a tapered end insertable into the tube. A sleeve and collet lock over the tubing and barb connector to prevent liquid material entering between the barb and tube. The tapered end of the barb connector terminates at a point so that there is no transition between the inner diameter of the tube and the inner diameter of the barb connector to provide no pressure differential in the tube between the outside and inside of the barb clamp. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100013215 | Barb Clamp with Collet Interlocks - Disclosed herein is a barb clamp for a flexible tube having a predetermined inner diameter defining a passageway therein and an outer surface. The clamp includes a barb connector having a tubular configuration with a first end for disposing within an end of the tube, a cylindrical collet having a through center aperture slidable over the first end of the barb connector, the collet having a first end and a second end, the first end including a plurality resilient members each having a first lateral edge having a first interlocking portion and an opposing second lateral edge having a second interlocking portion, and a cylindrical sleeve having a through center aperture for slidably receiving the collet. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20150108752 | COUPLER INCLUDING CLAMP FOR CONNECTION TO A CORRUGATED TUBE - A coupler configured to be attached to an end of a corrugated tube having a hollow shaft configured to be inserted within the corrugated tube and a flange surrounding at least a portion of the hollow shaft. The flange has a width larger than the inside diameter of the corrugated tube. A first and second arm is attached to the flange by flexible hinges. Each arm defines a clamp configured to engage an outer surface of at least one of the plurality of corrugations when the arm pivots about the flexible hinge. Each clamp may include a locking feature configured to lock the clamp to the first arm to the second arm and the clamp of the second arm to the first arm. | 04-23-2015 |
| 285255000 |
Wedge | 3 |
| 20080309074 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTION OF A TUBE TO A STRUCTURE - A device for connection of a tube to a structure, which consists of an expandable female plug ( | 12-18-2008 |
| 20100253072 | DETACHABLE PNEUMATIC CONNECTION - A detachable pneumatic pipe or hose connection includes: a) a compressed-air-carrying body with an accommodating bore for a compressed air hose or pipe, the accommodating bore having a radially inner wedge section, b) an at least partially radially elastic clamping collet which surrounds the hose or pipe and which has a radially outer wedge section, c) the radially outer wedge section of the clamping collet interacting with the radially inner wedge section of the accommodating bore so that, by an axial movement of the clamping collet in one direction, the wedge sections can be braced against one another, and the clamping collet is elastically deformed, at least partially, radially inward to clamp the pipe or the hose frictionally and/or positively and so that, by an axial movement of the clamping collet in the opposite direction, the wedge sections can be moved away from one another, and the clamping collet is elastically deformed radially outward to cancel the clamping of the pipe or hose in the accommodating bore, in which d) the radially inner wedge section is molded directly to a wall of the accommodating bore and is constructed in one piece therewith. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20150292663 | AN ASSEMBLY OF A FLEXIBLE PIPE AND AN END-FITTING - An assembly of a flexible pipe and an end-fitting, wherein the flexible pipe of the unbonded type comprises a plurality of layers including an outermost armor layer. At least the outermost armor layer is terminated and secured by securing material in a housing cavity of the end-fitting. The end-fitting comprises an annular end-fitting body structure and an annular outer casing, wherein an upper wall section of the housing cavity is provided by the outer casing. The outer casing comprises a strain-bearing fiber armored polymer layer arranged such that a tensile load subjected to the secured outermost armor layer results in strain in the strain-bearing fiber armored polymer layer. | 10-15-2015 |
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| 20080315579 | Pipe Connection - A pipe connection comprises a connecting piece, a pipe and a clamping ring. The pipe and the clamping ring are made of a material having memory properties. An end of the pipe and the clamping ring have been reversibly expanded co-jointly and firmly and sealingly shrunk to the connecting piece by back shrinkage. Preferably the clamping ring is made from a cross-linked polyolefin by injection molding. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090152864 | METHOD OF FORMING A CLAMPING RING AND A CLAMPING RING - For forming a clamping ring first the pipe is extruded. The extruded pipe is cut to form a pipe part. While extruding the pipe, its inner diameter is formed smaller than the outer diameter of a pipe onto which the clamping ring is positioned before making a pipe connection. The inner diameter of the pipe part is made larger by removing material from the inside of the pipe part but only over part of the length of the pipe part such that a stop edge is formed. The clamping ring is used on a pipe when making a pipe connection. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100194099 | CLAMP FITTING FOR A PIPE - The clamp fitting ( | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100314867 | Air hose connector device - A service station air machine air hose end-connector for outdoor winter operation having an internal hollow chamber for capturing and storing system-clogging ice particles is disclosed. The hollow storing chamber defines an empty section of the fitting's cylindrical ferrule further having an internal air stream screen which collects the blocked particles and stores them till thawed. The internal air stream screen defines a perforated tube in the connector airway which screens out undesirable system clogging ice particles and further serves as a water tight weir. A remote hose crimp insertion barb defines a short tube inserted flush into the hose and having an internal diameter larger than the air hose airway to allow particles formed in the hose to freely pass through the barb and into the ferrule there to captured and stored. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110042940 | COUPLING FOR LARGE BORE REINFORCED HOSE - The hose couplings of this invention can be used to connect sections of large bore reinforced hose to make it more resistant to damage that can be caused by axial and bending forces encountered during normal usage. This extends the service life of the hoses of this invention which include such couplings. The present invention more specifically reveals a hose assembly comprising a reinforced hose having at least one reinforcement layer and a coupling on at least one end of the hose, said coupling comprising a tubular body which is adapted for fitting into the end of said large bore hose, said tubular body having a tail end which is adapted to lie inwardly from the end of the hose, said tubular body having an outer end which is adapted to extend beyond an axial end of the hose, the outer surface of said tubular body being provided with a plurality of axially spaced retention beads, and at least one hose carcass anchor which is affixed to the tubular body at a point on or outward from the last retention bead toward the outer end of the tubular body, wherein the hose carcass and/or load bearing extensions of the hose carcass extend through and around the carcass anchor. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110169262 | Two-Part Composite Fitting - A fitting for sealingly connecting to a pipe end of a pipe comprising a plastic material, comprising a base member and a support member, wherein the base member is made of a metal, and the support member is designed as a separate part made of plastic. The base member comprises means on the inside thereof, and the support member comprises means on the outside thereof for connecting the base member and the support member in a sealing fashion. A system comprising such a fitting with a composite or multi-layered pipe and a sleeve, or such a filling with a plastic pipe and a sleeve. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120146325 | Hydraulic Ducts and Connecting Assemblies - A hydraulic duct for feeding fluid at high pressure includes a rigid tube and a flexible hose connected to the rigid tube by a connecting assembly. The connecting assembly includes an endform in communication with the rigid tube over which the flexible hose extends. The endform includes a primary annular projection extending outwardly from a periphery of the endform and at least one auxiliary annular projection extending outwardly from the periphery of the endform. The primary annular projection includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a landing region that extends axially from the trailing edge toward the leading edge and a stop bead that extends outwardly from the leading edge beyond the landing region. A clamping component is compressed over the flexible hose. The clamping component includes a shell portion that extends in a direction generally along a length of the endform and a base portion extending inwardly from the shell portion toward the endform having an inner rim that is engaged with the landing region of the primary annular projection at a location adjacent the stop bead. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120217741 | PIPE-HOSE ARRANGEMENT - A pipe-hose arrangement is provided having a pipe, a hose having a hose section facing toward the pipe that overlaps a pipe section facing toward the hose, which has a radial shoulder having an external diameter. A sleeve is also provided that has a sleeve, which at least partially overlaps the hose section on a side of the radial shoulder, which is axially opposite to a front side of the pipe facing toward the hose, and has a minimum internal diameter. The minimum diameter is smaller than the external diameter of the radial shoulder plus a wall thickness of the non-deformed hose section. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20130043674 | PIPE CONNECTION OR HOSE CONNECTION - A pipe/hose connection includes a pipe/hose end attached exterior to a pipe socket, and a clamp securing the pipe/hose end on the pipe socket. The pipe/hose end has a radially inwardly protruding, circumferential first ring collar, and the pipe socket has an outwardly protruding circumferential second ring collar. The second circumferential ring collar extends along a first plane that is perpendicular to a longitudinal center axis of the pipe socket, whereas the first circumferential ring collar intersects at least at two locations with a second plane that is perpendicular to a longitudinal center axis of the pipe/hose end. The two ring collars are then not simultaneously in contact along their entire length when the first ring collar moves across the second ring collar when the pipe/hose end is attached on the pipe socket. The pipe/hose end can be secured on the pipe socket with a clamp. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130043675 | PIPE-FITTING WITH ADAPTOR ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS - A pipe-fitting adaptor assembly connectable to the coupling end of a pipe fitting is provided for reconfiguring existing pipe fittings with alternate pipe coupling ends. The fitting adaptor assembly has a tubular receptacle member configured to fit over and seal against an insert member of the fitting. A sliding retention ring carried along a ramped section of the fitting insert member interlocks with an opening formed in the sidewall of the receptacle member of the fitting adaptor assembly, such that decoupling forces tend to expand the locking ring further into the sidewall opening of the fitting adaptor assembly. The fitting adaptor assembly has a coupling end configured differently than the insert member for connection to otherwise incompatible alternative pipe sizes and/or pipe coupling configurations. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20140300101 | Method and Apparatus for Connecting a Hose to a Fitting - A clamp guide for joining a flexible hose to a rigid, hollow shaft has an arced first bump for interfacing with a head bead of at least two beads of the rigid, hollow shaft and has two legs. The legs extend from ends of the arced first bump, each having at least one bump aligned with subsequent beads of the at least two beads thereby forming registration areas between adjacent bumps. At least one lateral support extends from at least one of the legs at an edge of the legs at the registration area. Each of the lateral supports has a shape of a segment of a cylinder having an inner diameter approximately equal to an outer diameter of the flexible hose. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20160097478 | PIPE ELEMENT HAVING A COMPOSITE PIPE AND A METAL CONNECTOR - A pipe element includes a pipe made of fiber-reinforced plastic and at least one metal connector, which is connected to the pipe in such a way that the connection can transmit torques and axial forces. The metal connector has a thread, in particular a conical thread, or a flange, by way of which thread or flange the metal connector can be screwed to another metal connector of an additional pipe element in order to connect two pipe elements. The metal connector surrounds the pipe on the outside by way of a connection region. A counter sleeve is present, which has contact with the inside of the pipe by way of a connection region. The metal connector and the counter sleeve each have a cylindrical thread, by way of which the metal connector and the counter sleeve are screwed to each other. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160186904 | CONNECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING FLUID-CONDUCTING COMPONENTS - The present invention relates to a connecting system for connecting two fluid-conducting components, such as a first and a second tube or a tube and a connecting part or a first and a second pipe, the one component cooperating with the other component. The invention further relates to a method for producing such a connecting system. | 06-30-2016 |
