Abstract: Disclosed is an improved handle for a clothing steamer which solves the problem of steam delivery hose working free of a barbed fitting. The handle is fitted with a plurality of protrusions that impinge the outer diameter of the hose, thereby securing it in place through friction with the protrusions and also by forcing the inner diameter of the hose against the barbs of the barbed interference fitting.

Abstract: A coupling system for coupling flexible tubing between ports includes a port element provided with a barb, and a clamp which secures the tubing over the port element. A first end of the clamp is formed as a plurality of axially extending resilient, yet stiff, fingers having a barb at a tip. The fingers are biased slightly inward toward a center of the channel to define an inner diameter which is smaller than the outer diameter of the tubing. A diameter at the second end of the clamp is larger than a diameter of the tubing to allow for easier installation of the tubing through the channel of the clamp. A diameter of a portion of the channel between the first end and the second end is substantially the same or slightly smaller than the diameter of the tubing such that the clamp snugly grips the tubing without affecting the flow through the tubing. In use, the tubing is inserted through the second end of the clamp, and the tubing is then positioned over the barb of the port element.

Abstract: A hose for transporting preferably gaseous media at high temperatures and under high pressure has a corrugated interior surface with depressions and elevations, and at least one insertion element that can be inserted in one end. The hose is characterized in that, in the region of contact between the interior surface of the hose and the exterior surface of the insertion element, at least one gasket element of crystalline material is provided. The gasket element is metal, preferably a lead or copper alloy.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved handle for a clothing steamer which solves the problem of steam delivery hose working free of a barbed fitting. The handle is fitted with a plurality of protrusions that impinge the outer diameter of the hose, thereby securing it in place through friction with the protrusions and also by forcing the inner diameter of the hose against the barbs of the barbed interference fitting.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for assembling a drip irrigation system includes a drip irrigation member with a connector and includes a length of tubing. The tubing has an end. A securing member is mounted on the end of the tubing. The end is slidably forced over the connector. The securing member is rolled along the tubing to a position at which the securing member elastically circumferentially compresses the tubing against the connector.

Abstract: A pipe coupler includes a gripping element adapted to engage an outer surface of a pipe end to oppose a pull-out force on the pipe end, and a torque drive mechanism which rotates the gripping element to induce longitudinal movement of the gripping element along the pipe end in an opposite direction. The gripping element may take the form of a collet having a threaded inner surface, and the torque drive mechanism incorporated in a back-up ring that surrounds the collet. The torque drive mechanism may be provided by an inwardly extending, longitudinal flange which is stamped out of the metallic back-up ring, and which engages a longitudinal notch in the collet. This design allows the intentional removal of the coupler at any time that the coupling is not under a large axial load.

Abstract: Hydraulic fluid is supplied to hydraulic brake cylinders for calipers and brake shoes of a motor vehicle through brake line assemblies each including a flexible multi-layer high pressure brake hose having an end portion receiving an inwardly forged end portion of a small diameter high pressure steel tube. A metal collar receives each tube and is secured to the tube by a crimp or threads and/or a spring retaining washer, and is also crimped onto an end portion of the hose. The opposite end portion of each metal tube is flared and receives a tubular flare nut which may be threaded directly into a brake caliper or a brake control valve. The collar may be progressively formed from sheet metal, and may be secured to the tube by a non-circular crimp. Circumferentially spaced ears may be formed on the tube and project into corresponding grooves within the collar.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of clamping a hose to a nipple using a conical adaptation of two inclined planes sliding against one another outside the hose. The force brought to bear against the surface of the hose by action of these inclined surfaces can be increased or decreased by means of threading a sleeve onto or off of the exposed threaded region of the nipple which is beyond the region enclosed by the hose. The inclined inside of the sleeve urges an inclined sheath or sheaths ever more tightly against the outside of the hose as a retaining ring is tightened onto the nipple. This in turn urges the inside of the hose ever more tightly against the nipple.

Abstract: A fluid pressure hose coupling for connecting a flexible hose to a pressurized fluid line. The coupling has a connecting end section for securement to a pressurizable line and a cylindrical nipple end section for securing an end section of a flexible hose thereto. The nipple end section has a tapered cone-like outer surface having a larger outer diameter section at a free end thereof. A cylindrical hose clamping sleeve is positionable about the nipple end section and also has an inwardly tapered inner surface whose diameter is larger at the front end thereof and wherein the inner surface of the clamping sleeve and the outer surface of the cylindrical nipple end section extend parallel to one another.

Abstract: An assembly of an end-fitting and a flexible pressure pipe which is of a non-bonded structure and comprises a number of layers including at least one layer (5) having a number of helically wound flat metallic tensile armour wires with end parts which, in the assembled condition, are embedded in an anchor consisting of a casting material such as epoxy which is injected into a cavity formed in the end-fitting. The flat wire end parts have at least one twist turning generally around the centerline of the wire. Said twists lock the tensile armor wires firmly in the anchor and therefore provide a greater resistance to axial tensile loads acting on the assembly than has been known before. Furthermore the joint is a simple and cheap structure and can be made in situ.

Abstract: A pipe fitting (1) for pipes (2) exhibiting a coating (5) having a high mechanical and/or chemical resistance, comprises a first tubular portion (6) adapted to be connected to the pipe (2), to which there is connected a second portion (8), adapted to the connection with another pipe fitting (1).

Abstract: A hose/clamp combination wherein the clamp is oriented axially and circumferentially in its radially open position and held in place by a glued fabric overlay.

Abstract: A hose coupling device is connected to a hose to allow the hose to freely rotate around the axis of the hose coupling device and the hose, such that torque, twisting or kinking of the hose is relieved, released, or eliminated. A hose 30 is cut into two portions. Each portion of the hose 30 is fitted with an insert 24, which holds a nut 22 against the lipped side of said insert 24. Hose clamps 26 are placed over each portion of the hose 30, above each insert 24 and against each nut 22. A threaded pipe nipple 20 is fitted into each nut 22. Screws 28 are tightened into hose clamps 26. Torque, twisting or kinking of the hose is relieved, released, or eliminated by allowing the two portions of the hose to rotate relative to each other.

Abstract: A coupling comprises a tubular insert (20), having an external shoulder (22) and external circumferential projections (26) separated by circumferential grooves (28, 30), and a tubular sleeve (14) having a largest internal diameter less than the external diameter of a pipe (10). The sleeve is advanced over the end (12) of the pipe and along the pipe away from the end. The pipe is constricted as the sleeve passes over it and then subsequently recovers to establish an end portion (18) which is unconstricted. The outside diameter of the insert is preferably not greater than the inner diameter of the pipe and the insert is inserted into the end portion of the pipe, the end of the pipe engaging the shoulder. The sleeve is then subjected to relative movement between said sleeve and said end until the end portion is gripped between the projections and the sleeve. The end of the sleeve preferably engages the shoulder (22). The coupling enables the pipe to be connected to other pipework.

Abstract: A hose clamp includes a clamping body formed by bending a band-shaped spring plate into a generally circular shape flexibly deformed into a contracted state and a spread state. The clamping body is attached to a hose before the hose is connected to a pipe. A holder is mounted on the clamping body to hold the clamping body in the spread state in which the clamping body is loosely fitted with an end of the hose. The holder releases the clamping body from the spread state so that the clamping body is deformed into the contracted state in which the clamping body clamps a junction of the hose and the pipe. A positioner positions the clamping body at the end of the hose, the positioner including a clamp retainer attached to an outer circumference of the clamping body and a locking element which engages the hose to prevent the clamping body from displacing axially and circumferentially with respect to the hose.

Abstract: A vapor vent hose is adapted to be assembled to a nipple. The nipple has a first end, an outside diameter and a barb. The barb has a tapered first end adjacent the end of the nipple and a second end with a substantially radially extending face. The hose and nipple are provided in a fuel vapor system. The hose has a first end with an inside diameter fitting over the nipple. The first end has a cuff axially spaced from the end of the hose. The cuff is substantially undeformed radially after installation over the barb.

Abstract: An assembly (110) for joining at least two tubes (12, 14) is provided by a connector (112), a plurality of linear inserts (20) and a plurality of ring members (30). Each of the tubes (12, 14) has a tube end (16) and an internal conduit (18). The connector (112) has a central portion (115) with an internal conduit (118) having a permanently formed feature (119) therein, and a plurality of arms (117). Each arm (117) extends from the central portion (115) and terminates in an arm end (116), such that there is one arm (117) and one arm end (116) paired with each tube end (16). The internal conduit (118) of the connector (112) extends through the arms (117) to the respective arm ends (116). There is one linear insert (20) for each arm end/tube end pair.

Abstract: The invention is a device for providing a clamping force about a connection end of elastomeric hose or tubing. The device includes an at-least-twice-oriented polymer having a shrinkage response to each of at least two diameter reducing release temperatures, which is sized and formed into a band. The clamp is self-adjusting over a substantial working life. The band may be installed onto connection ends of hose or tubing and fixtures such as couplings, inserts or stems without the external application of heat, preferably preselecting the first diameter reducing release temperature to be at roughly room temperature. The clamp displays improved constrictive forces over prior art polymer clamps.

Abstract: A snap-fastenable coupling for a low pressure fluid transfer hose, in particular for a motor vehicle, comprises two semicylindrical pieces mounted on a portion of hose made of rubber or the like that is engaged on an insert. The two pieces are fixed together by resilient snap-fastening and they simultaneously secure the hose to the insert in sealed manner. The pieces have elastically deformable front ends enabling them to snap-fasten resiliently onto a peripheral projection of the endpiece.

Abstract: An attachment arrangement has a fuel line formed as a plastic tube, and a connector for connecting the fuel line to a fuel supply system, the connector having a plurality of collars spaced from one another in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the connector and protruding from an outer circumference of the connector, an elastically widenable bush arranged on the plastic tube of the fuel line in a region which is slippable onto the connector, the connector and the bush being composed of a same plastic, and the plastic tube which forms the fuel line being formed as a rigid tube.

Abstract: A catheter connection system is defined by a rigid, tubular stem attached at a proximal end thereof to a medical device. The stem has a plurality of engagement barbs encircling and radially, outwardly extending on an exterior surface of the stem. The engagement barbs can be configured having a variety of different sizes and positions. A locking barb also encircles and radially, outwardly extends on the surface of the stem between the medical device and the engagement barbs. A variety of fastening assemblies are provided for inwardly compressing a portion of a body wall of a selected catheter against the engagement barbs on the stem, when the stem is received in the lumen of the selected catheter. The fastening assemblies create a mechanical joinder and liquid-tight seal between the selected catheter and the stem. The selected catheter can be chosen from one of three or more catheters each having a combination of size and material composition distinct from the other of the catheters.

Abstract: The fitting for the present invention comprises a fitting main body and a retaining ring, in which the fitting main body comprises an inner core having a plurality of large diameter portions form on the outer circumferetial surface and a flange and having a hole disposed to the circumferential surface of the retaining ring for attracting the retaining ring put over the top end of the plastic pipe to the flange; and the retaining ring, upon attracting operation applied thereto, moves the plastic pipe to the flange accompanying the retaining ring to insert the inner core relatively to the top end of the plastic pipe. The inner core diametrically enlarges the top end portion of the plastic pipe and compresses the top end portion in cooperation with the retaining ring. Therefore, the said fitting can simply and reliably connect the plastic pipe.

Abstract: A connector device for elastomeric conduits includes a connector having a mechanism to allow attachment to a device to be connected to the conduit. The connector includes a frusto-conical barb leading to a shoulder separated by a necked in region. A mating annular clamp includes an inner bore having surfaces that mate with the shoulder and an inwardly projecting annular ring that traps a conduit between the clamp and the neck and barb of the connector. The connector may be mirrored with a like connector to provide a mechanism to attach two conduits rather than a device.

Abstract: A connector is disclosed before attaching a flexible hose to a rigid tube in which the tube includes an outwardly and circumferentially extending bead around its free end. Both the hose and tube are circular in cross sectional shape. Furthermore, the hose is dimensioned so that, with the hose positioned around the tube and over the bead, the hose stretches outwardly and forms an annular bulge having a predetermined diameter around the bead. The connector includes an annular collar having a sleeve and radially inwardly extending flange at one of the sleeve. A circular throughbore is provided through the flange which has a preset diameter less than the predetermined diameter of the hose bulge around the bead. Similarly, an annular ring has an inside diameter less than the predetermined diameter and the ring is positioned over the hose. The ring and collar are secured together such that the ring and flange are positioned on opposite axial sides of the bead thereby securing the hose to the tube.

Abstract: A fluid drip tape splicing coupling is provided with two sequential sections, the first of which possesses a plurality of circumferential frustoconical barbs of essentially equal diameter. In the second section, which likewise contains a plurality of frustoconical barbs, at least one of the frustoconical barbs, a step barb, possesses a dimension, transverse to the axis of the coupling, which is greater than the diameter of the frustoconical barbs in the first section of the coupling. The step barb may be circular or elliptic in cross section. The fluid drip tape may be joined over this coupling by sliding and stretching a first piece of drip tape over the first section, which has been azimuthally aligned to line up the seam of the drip tape with the radial high point of step barb, until the tape abuts the step barb. A second piece of tape is slid over the coupling from the opposite direction over the second section and over the step barb until it overlaps the first drip tape.

Abstract: The tube conduit connection contains a tube conduit connector (1) including at least one connecting member (2,2',2") and a tube end (6) which is made of a thermoelastic cross-linked polyolefin and which is firmly and gas-tightly applied to the connecting member by expansion and self-reconversion of the tube end. The connecting member (2,2',2") contains a surface structure (3,3',3") which is outwardly followed by an elongation (4,4',4") having a chamfered end (5,5',5").

Abstract: A retention device is provided for positioning and retaining an open generally cylindrical hose clamp on a selected hose. The device extends generally about a longitudinal axis and has a retainer and a locator spaced axially from the retainer in side-by-said relationship. The locator and retainer are coupled together and the locator is adapted to hold the clamp while the retainer is adapted to engage the hose to maintain the device in position on the hose. As a result, the clamp can be positioned orthogonally relative to the hose and the assembly is then ready for engagement on a rigid tubular fitting with the locator positioned on the hose remote from the tubular fitting. This permits the hose to be engaged over the tubular fitting with no direct resistance from the retention device.

Abstract: A fluid conduit quick connector includes first and second releasably connectable bodies. A tapered bore in the first body receives one end of a first conduit. A tubular extension projecting from one end of the second body is coaxially received in the conduit when the first and second bodies are releasably joined together. The conduit is sealingly compressed between the tapered bore and one or more projections on the extension. A third body carries another conduit and is releasibly connected to the second body. The third body also includes mounting members to fixedly mount the third body to a support.

Abstract: A fuel feeding arrangement for a motor vehicle has at least one fuel feeding component having a pipe provided with at least one outwardly projecting collar, at least one fuel conduit mountable on the pipe and formed as a tube, the tube having an end mountable at least directly on the pipe, a mounting element fixed on the end of the tube and displaceable on the pipe and having a springy locking element which is engageable on the at least one collar.

Abstract: A hose with a protector comprises: a tubular-shaped hose body 10; a tubular-shaped protector 20 which is coaxially provided in the state in which it covers the outer peripheral surface of the hose body 10; a tubular-shaped engager 30 which bonds the hose body 10 and the protector 20 integrally at both edge portions thereof and which forms an inserting opening into which a nipple is inserted and bonded. By producing the hose body out of resin and producing the protector out of rubber, the present hose with a protector can obtain heat resistance and anti flame resistance which are suitable for a filler hose and which are necessary at the time of vehicle fire and also the present hose with a protector is good in sealing property with the mating pipe and good in connecting function.

Abstract: A coupling for use with conduits (10) comprise a bi-conical fitting (20) which is inserted into the conduit end, a frusto-conical locking sleeve (22) which is located about the rearward end of the fitting (20) and compressed about the outer wall of the conduit (10).

Abstract: A duct connector (32) with a flow channel through its center and an increased diameter seal (35) on its end. A compression ring (38) is designed to fit tightly over the duct connector (32) and has an inwardly directed flange (68) on one of its edges which reduces the diameter of the end and thereby prevents the compression ring (38) from sliding past the end of the duct connector (32). A retaining clamp (53) includes two arcs (77, 80) that are pivotally attached and that may be rotated between a circular, closed configuration and an open configuration. The second end of each arc includes a number of open loops (137, 140, and 152) that align when the arcs are in the closed configuration. A sliding locking mechanism (161) is affixed to the arc (77) proximate to the loops (137, 140). The locking mechanism (161) has a prong (170) that passes through the aligned loops (137, 140, and 152) on each arc (77, 80), thereby preventing the arcs (77, 80) from separating.

Abstract: A unitarily formed, one-piece connector includes an inner, open ended tubular insert portion, one end of which has a plurality of radially outwardly directed annular barbs on an exterior surface thereof. The one end is further provided with a radially outer sleeve, the sleeve having at least one continuous, radially inwardly directed annular barb formed on an interior surface thereof. The one end is adapted to receive one end of a length of flexible tubing between the sleeve and the tubular insert portion. A coupling assembly for supporting a sprinkler and for connecting the sprinkler to a supply conduit includes a coupling body having an axial through-bore, one end of the coupling body having a flexible tubing connector portion, and the other end of the coupling body having a screw thread formed thereon, adapted for connection to the sprinkler body.

Abstract: The invention provides a positioning device engaged loosely on a prestressed hose clamp to locate and orientate the hose clamp on a hose. The device is adapted to engage about the clamp and has inwardly facing pegs which serve both to locate the device loosely on the clamp and to engage the hose to bias the clamp into engagement with the hose thereby holding the clamp orthogonally with respect to the hose.

Abstract: A two-piece connector includes a collar having an aperture in its relatively thick end-wall which bears an internal annular groove. The skirt of the collar is adapted to be slipped over the end of a length of tubing and contains tines to graspingly engage the outer surface of the tubing. The barb portion of the connector is adapted to fit through the aperture in the end-wall to frictionally engage the lumen of the tubing. An interrupted flange at the upper portion of the barb is adapted to twistably engage the internal annular groove in the end-wall to securely lock the barb to the collar.

Abstract: A method for securing the connection of a medical tube to a port of a fluid transfer instrument. The method provides connections with superior resistance to unexpected disconnection, and thus is particularly beneficial for joining elastic tubes which are implanted within the body for conducting body fluid from one internal location to another or between the body and an external location. The novel method includes inserting a rigid nipple on the port into the lumen of an elastically deformable tube to be joined to the port, placing an initially loose fitting, nonelastically deformable sleeve around the tube on the nipple, and deforming the sleeve radially toward the nipple to clamp the tube between the sleeve and nipple. The extent of deformation is controlled to prevent damaging the tube.A tool for clamping the sleeve to a controlled extent of deformation is also provided.

Abstract: A hose has an inner wall 1 of blow moulded tube and an outer wall 2 of continuous, spirally formed, corrugated tube. At each end of the hose, the inner wall extends further than the outer wall. The walls are separated by a rigid spacer 3 inserted into the end of the outer tube. The walls are united to a moulded connection member 4. This arrangement has a relatively long spigot 5 which extends from a cavity 6. The inner wall is slid onto the spigot as far as the bottom 8 of the cavity. A radially parting mould is placed around the connection member at a nose 9, within which the cavity extends. The mould has an aperture for the outer wall. On injection of material into the mould, the moulding 7 is formed in the cavity 6, along the extent of the inner wall on the spigot 5 as far as the spacer 3 and past the end 10 of this along an end portion 11 of the outer wall. The mould forms the outer diameter of the moulding to the dimension of the nose 9 and limits it from extending along the outside of the outer wall.

Abstract: A holding device for securing a hose clip in position relative to a pipe connection over which a hose is to be positioned. The holding device has a plurality of holding arms arranged around an axis. The holding arms are connected by a connecting body and each has an internal, radially inwardly directed groove. All grooves are in the same transverse plane of the holding arms and are of the same width as the clip band so that the clip band can be received therein. Preferably, a hose clip in the form of a spring band clip with a clip band having radially outwardly angled clamping jaws is used. A U-shaped clamp, which holds the clamping jaws together when the spring band clip is in an open position, may be connected to the connecting body by a connecting member which permits the clamp to pivot away from the clamping jaws but which prevents the clamp from being separated and thereby becoming lost.

Abstract: A frangible region is provided around at least one end of the outer connector part or cover of a hose and connector assembly, whereby a significant portion of such outer cover can be easily removed from the frangible connection to its end. This frees the end of the underlying hose to be removed from the inner connector part, a new hose part engaged over the exposed portion of the inner connector part, and a conventional clamp used to secure the new hose piece in place on the inner connector part. The outer jacket can be comprised of a plurality of bands, each band molded in place around a hose end, instead of a single piece outer jacket. The frangible region is created in the original molding process, and can, if desired, be formed on more than one of the ends of the outer molded connector part or the bands.

Abstract: A tube conduit connection and method of producing the same, whereby an end of a pipe made of polyolefin is cold-deformed, i.e. at the ambient temperature, by means of a spreading mandrel. After the spreading mandrel is removed, the enlarged pipe end and a desired connecting piece or the end of another pipe are plugged onto each other. The polyolefin pipe end is then deformed back to the original shape and forms by self-redeformation a solid and gas-tight connection with the connecting piece or the end of the other pipe.

Abstract: A sewer hose connection utilizes a helical clamp which can be manually turned around a convoluted sewer hose placed onto a rigid fitting. The helical clamp is formed from wire and is contained in an annular groove of the fitting. The helical clamp positioned over a typical RV sewer hose end convolution having a wire spiral can be rotated to draw the hose further onto the fitting to form a sealing and mechanical connection.

Abstract: A molded part has welding sleeve portions (2) which are each provided with a heating coil (3a, 3b) for joining to tubular parts. A cylindrical sleeve end part (7) can be tensioned by at least one tensioning system against the inserted tubular part, thus providing fixing and holding of the parts before welding and during welding.

Abstract: Quick-connect couplings having a sleeve with a tubular tube support mounted therein, an internal O-ring, an external O-ring and a collet are configured to retain a tube on the tubular tube support by engaging the tube with the collet. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the tubular tube support is retained in the sleeve by engagement with a first internal annual shoulder in the sleeve. The interior O-ring positioned against a second annular shoulder within the sleeve to seal against the tube. The collet resiliently fits within the sleeve to retain the tubular tube support and internal O-ring in place prior to assembly. An external groove is provided in the sleeve for receiving an external O-ring to seal with the bore which receives the coupling. In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, the tubular tube support is staked to a first end of the sleeve by a radially extending flange. The internal O-ring is disposed between the end of the collet and the radially extending flange.

Abstract: A hose fitting assembly which includes a relatively rigid tubular element, an outer sleeve or element defining with a tail of the element an annular chamber for receiving an end part of the hose, a thrust mechanism for compressing the hose axially into contact with the tail, a mechanism locking the outer sleeve to the inner element and a thrust member for completing the fastening.

Abstract: Quick-connect couplings having a sleeve with a tubular tube support mounted therein, an internal O-ring, an external O-ring and a collet are configured to retain a tube on the tubular tube support by engaging the tube with the collet. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the tubular tube support is retained in the sleeve by engagement with a first internal annual shoulder in the sleeve. The interior O-ring positioned against a second annular shoulder within the sleeve to seal against the tube. The collet resiliently fits within the sleeve to retain the tubular tube support and internal O-ring in place prior to assembly. An external groove is provided in the sleeve for receiving an external O-ring to seal with the bore which receives the coupling. In accordance with another embodiment of the invention, the tubular tube support is staked to a first end of the sleeve by a radially extending flange. The internal O-ring is disposed between the end of the collet and the radially extending flange.

Abstract: A device for clamping a hose end section that is fitted onto a pipe end section includes a hose clamp surrounding a hose end section. The hose clamp has overlapping end sections, each of which has an approximately radially outwardly extending tensioning jaw. A securing ring is fixed to the hose end section and has a radial projection. The securing ring surrounds the hose end section and is disposed between the hose end and the hose clamp. The securing ring is joined to the hose clamp in an area diametrically opposite to the area of overlap of the end sections of the hose clamp. The securing ring has a recess disposed in a radial projection. An approximately U-shaped clip has a cross-piece and a pair of legs depending from the cross-piece. The U-shaped clip is disposed such that, in the tensioned state, the legs of the clip overlap the tensioning jaws of each of the end sections. The U-shaped clip has a hook depending from the cross-piece that is radially engaged in the recess.

Abstract: A device for coupling a pipe made of rubber or the like on an endpiece, the device comprising a part of plastics material overmolded on the end of the pipe engaged on the endpiece to compress said end radially, the part having a longitudinal slot or groove enabling it to be dismounted by being cut or broken. The invention is particularly suitable for coupling hoses in motor vehicles and household appliances.

Abstract: A sealing system for sealing a hose to a barb coupling, the hose and barb coupling defining a joint having a high pressure portion associated with the barbed portion of the coupling, and a low pressure portion associated with the barbless portion of the coupling, the system comprising a constant displacement clamping portion for mounting on the portion of the hose positioned over the high pressure portion, and a constant tension clamping portion for mounting on the portion of the hose positioned over the low pressure portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a swivelable connector 10 for plain end flexible conduit 12 which includes a tubular conduit 22 having an annular projection 28 disposed a predetermined distance from a first end thereof, a sealing element 70 and a rotatable retainer 48 disposed within the axial bore of the plain end flexible conduit and a retainer element 34 positioned over the outer surface of the flexible conduit 12 which secures the flexible conduit between the rotatably retainer and the retainer elements and provides a relative rotation between the flexible conduit 12 and conduit 22.

Abstract: A hose coupling for use with flexible hose comprises a biconical fitting which is inserted into a hose end and a frusto-conical locking sleeve located about the hose portion which grips the rearward conical section of the fitting. Sealing arrangements for specific embodiments of hose are disclosed. The double included angle of the conical portion of the sleeve and fitting, which engages the hose, is between one degree but less than ten degrees.