Abstract: An air fitting with an integral check valve includes a housing having an inlet and at least one outlet, a passage extending between the inlet and the at least one outlet with a valve seat being formed in the passage adjacent the at least one outlet with a portion between the outlet and the valve having a plurality of channels separated by lands which form a guide surface for the valve as it is being forced onto the valve seat by a spring. The channels allow passage of air around the valve member with less restriction when the valve member is lifted off the valve seat.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 29, 2004
Date of Patent:
April 8, 2008
Assignee:
Q3JMC, Inc.
Inventors:
Thomas E. Speer, Richard C. Pickering, Fredrick C. Gochenouer
Abstract: A fitting connector for a pressure vessel including a bushing for mounting within an aperture defined in a pressure vessel wall. The bushing includes a cylindrical bushing body having a head portion at one end thereof and including at least a pair of locking members for engaging along an interior surface of the pressure vessel wall. The locking members are provided with a contoured surface for engaging with detent members formed on the interior of the pressure vessel wall whereby the bushing is positively locked in a predetermined rotational orientation on the pressure vessel wall and is retained in place until a predetermined torque force is applied.