Abstract: A stamped collet for a push-to-connect tube coupling formed into a generally cylindrical configuration. The collet has an annular base portion from which flexible tines extend forward from the base portion, the flexible tines being circumferentially arranged around a center axis of the collet and including inwardly inclined distal finger portions terminating at a biting edge. The flexible tines can flex outwardly to permit axial insertion of a tube through the collet. At least one of the flexible tines has at least one cam wing that extends radially outwardly from a side of the tine and has a radially outwardly inclined cam surface. The cam surface can be engaged by a corresponding cam surface of a retainer to urge the tine radially inwardly with the biting edge biting into an outer surface of the tube for preventing the tube from being pushed out or pulled out of a coupling.

Abstract: A tube coupling for receiving and holding an end of a tube includes a coupling body having a hollow stem adapted to engage in a tube to be secured to the coupling body. A cap is mounted on the coupling body and encircles the stem with a gap between the cap and stem to receive the tube engaged over the stem. A tube locking device is located in the cap for locking the tube against withdrawal from the stem and a locking ring is located on the stem within the cap. The ring has both inwardly and outwardly projecting teeth for engaging respectively the inner and outer surfaces of the cap and stem to lock the cap on the stem.

Abstract: A fastening device is provided for fastening cables, fibers or wave hoses in position with multiple ways, and for waterproof capability. The fastening device includes a first casing, an inner holding part, a waterproof screw annulus, a positioning nut, a connecting casing, a second casing, an inner buckled nut, a resilient washer, and a constricting gasket. The first casing and the second casing are respectively engaged with the waterproof screw annulus and the connecting annulus. The first casing and the second casing take force to the wave hose for holding the cable or fiber in place in multiple ways, and avoid shifting or breaking off from drawing outside. The fastening device also has multi-ways for waterproof.

Abstract: A coupling includes a coupling housing and a coupling member. The coupling housing consists of a first housing part and a second housing part capable of being screwed together axially. Each of the first housing part and the second housing part has an internal conical surface, wherein, in a position that the first housing part and the second housing part are screwed together, the inner circumference of each of the internal conical surfaces generally lessen towards outward ends thereof, respectively. The coupling member is situated in the housing for clamping a tube inserted in the coupling housing. The coupling member is influenced axially by a conical clamping ring by cooperation with the conical surface in the first housing part and influences a resilient ring which causes sealing between the tube and the second housing part. One end of the coupling member is shaped as axial, flexible fingers separated by splits.

Abstract: A coupling for tubes with a body with a neck (14) provided with two or more longitudinal recesses (15) and each of which is positioned a jaw (12) able to move radially between an expanded release position and a contracted lock position. The jaws can move from one position to the other by means of cam surfaces (24) provided inside a tightening nut (13) assembled and susceptible to partial rotation on the neck of the coupling body. Furthermore the nut has means for interacting with the neck to block it and prevent it from turning in the release direction.

Abstract: A joint assembly, including a piping, comprises a joint end sleeve, a tightening ring and a nut. The ring has an external truncated-cone shaped surface and an internal cylindrical surface with a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of the piping, and an internal cylindrical surface with at least one annular edge to cooperate with at least one annular groove in the sleeve in such a way that an inside diameter of the annular edge is substantially equal to the outside diameter of the piping. The nut has an internal cylindrical surface with a diameter slightly larger than the outside diameter of the piping and is disposed opposite a cylindrical portion of the sleeve when the nut is installed. The smaller outside diameter end of the tightening ring is adjacent the internal cylindrical surface of the nut when the nut is installed. An internal truncated-cone shaped surface of the nut has a larger diameter end a size slightly larger than a smaller outside diameter end of the ring.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A connecting device for a plug-in connection of at least one pipeline having a housing part having at least one receiving opening for the insertion of the pipeline. A clamping ring is arranged in the receiving opening and, in order to lock the pipeline in place, interacts with an inner cone of the housing part. The housing part is made in two parts including a base part and an insert part, which is connected to the base part via a snap-in action forming-fitting connection. The insert part has a direct seal for resting on the circumference of the inserted pipeline. The insert part is formed of a first relatively hard and dimensionally stable plastic material, and has a dirt seal which consists of a second, relatively soft and elastic plastic material and is molded directly into the first material as a single piece with a cohesive material joint therebetween.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for coupling ends of tubes, particularly tubes of different outer diametral sizes. The coupling includes resiliently deformable portions for retaining and sealing the tube within the coupling in a generally leak-proof manner, and an insert is provided for reception within the end of each tube. The insert imparts a greater level of stiffness to the tube for improving the sealing of the tube within the coupling. The insert provides a tight friction-fit between the insert and tube and retards or restricts withdrawal of the insert and tube from the coupling.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A fitting for a fluid-conveying conduit. The fitting includes integrally-formed clamps that can be used to secure the conduit in a locking relationship so that likelihood of leakage and separation of the fitting and the conduit is reduced. In one form, the fitting and conduit can be used as a moisture exchange device. In a more particular form, the conduit wall of the moisture exchange device includes a water-permeable material such that a humidity level in the conduit can be controlled. Since the fitting is formed separately from the end of the conduit to which it is to be attached, fabrication cost and complexity is reduced.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A plug for a port is provided. Preferably, the plug and a cartridge configured to couple fluid tubes to a housing use substantially identical components such as a seal and a retainer or guide.

Abstract: A connector assembly having a male member, a female member and a retainer for releasably securing the male member and the female member. The retainer has inner retainer arms for simultaneously engaging the male member and an interior portion of the female member, and an outer retainer flange for engaging an outer portion of the female member.

Abstract: A tube joint comprises a nut member which connects a tube to a joint body, collet sections which fasten the tube by fastening pawls for being pressed radially inwardly by a pressing section of the nut member to bite into an outer circumferential surface of a diametrally expanded section of the tube, and an annular projection which abuts against an annular step of the joint body and which regulates a screwing amount of the nut member on the joint body.

Abstract: A connection assembly has a male connector, a first engaging ring securely mounted on the male connector, a female connector and a second engaging ring securely received in the female connector. The first engaging ring has first claws formed to abut a periphery defining the second annular groove formed on the female connector and the second engaging ring has second claws formed to abut a periphery defining the first annular groove formed on the male connector. Engagement between the male connector and the female connector is accomplished after the abutment between the first claws and the second annular groove and between the second claws and the first annular groove is finished.

Abstract: A sleeve-type pipe joint 10 has a joint body 11 having a cylindrical projection 12 adapted to be inserted into a pipe 40 to be connected; a ring member 20 having a larger inner diameter than an outer diameter of the pipe 40; and a resiliently deformable, cylindrical sleeve member 30 moved into a space between the ring member 20 and the pipe 40, at least one of an inner surface of the ring member 20 and an outer surface of the sleeve member 30 being provided with a tapered portion, such that when the sleeve member 30 is moved into the ring member 20, the sleeve member 30 is deformed inward, resulting in tight connection of the inner surface of the pipe 40 to the outer surface of the cylindrical projection 12. When the ring member 20, the sleeve member 30, and the joint body 11 are assembled, the ring member 20 and the sleeve member 30 resist detachment from the assembled pipe joint 10.

Abstract: A ring member and ring members made of metal are tightened and installed to the outer circumferential surface of a body made of a resin material. Accordingly, the body is prevented from outward deformation. When a tube joint is used in a high temperature atmosphere, even if any force acts on a fluid tube in the direction to cause detachment from the tube joint due to any external force or the pressure fluid flowing through the inside of the tube joint, then the fluid tube and a connecting member inserted into the body are reliably prevented from disengagement.

Abstract: A plastic barb clamp provides leakproof connection of a flexible tube in a barb fitting. The barb clamp includes a collet and a sleeve. The barb clamp is configured to fit snugly within the tube. The collet is slid over the tube. Annular retainers on the interior surface of the collet fit tightly around the tube and under an expanded portion of the barb fitting. The sleeve is then slid over the collet. As the sleeve moves over the collet, tangs on the collet are pushed radially inwardly into the tube and barb fitting. The exterior surface of the collet has radial projections or expanded diameter portions for locking with the sleeve. The sleeve has an annular projection or a reduced diameter portion on the interior surface of the sleeve to correspond to the exterior surface of the collet to provide a secure lock between the collet and sleeve.

Abstract: A coupling for attachment to the end portion of a pipe includes jaw members adapted to slide along an inner end taper in the coupling body so that linear movement of the jaw members toward the end of the inner end taper adjacent an end of the coupling body causes movement of the jaw members radially inwardly of the coupling body against the end portion of the pipe when received in the coupling body. The coupling may include a bell type gasket to function as a spring and the spring action of the gasket may be augmented by installing a springy crib ring around the gasket inside the coupling body.

Abstract: A method and device for facilitating fluid communication between a sealed container having an access port and at least one fluid passageway. The device includes a connector provided with a body that defines a fluid passageway between first and second ends of the body. The first end of the body is configured for receiving the fluid source, and the second end is configured for receiving an access port of the container. A locking member is associated with the body and prevents movement of the body relative to the access port when the locking member is in a locked position. The device can be used for the transfer of cytotoxic or other drugs (i.e., fluids) to the container and may remain attached to the access port and used to administer a drug from the container to a patient by means of an administration set with a male luer connector.

Abstract: A pipe coupling and connector for use with composite pipe, and a method of coupling the end of composite pipe are disclosed. The coupling or connector has a cylindrical inner support with a gripping surface, a means for preventing axial movement of slips that are disposed around the gripping surface, and a coupling connector. The slips form an assembly with an outer frustoconical surface and an inner gripping surface. A hollow outer sleeve with a surface that corresponds to the frustoconical surface is used to drive the slips radially inwards so that the wall of the pipe is both compressed and gripped by the coupling. A retaining member holds the outer sleeve in a fixed position relative to the slips. The coupling, connector and method of this invention provide the structural integrity needed to ensure that the end of the pipe meets or exceeds the design ratings of the pipe.

Abstract: Device for axial maintenance of a cylindrical element, wherein the device includes a coupling bushing comprising external threads, first nut strips which extend axially beyond the external threads, and a first internal pressure surface. A covering nut is provided which includes a second internal pressure surface configured to engage and deform ends of the first nut strips radially indwardly and towards the cylindrical element when the cylindrical element is introduced into the coupling bushing and the covering nut. A sleeve is also provided which includes second nut strips and an external diameter which is at most equal to an internal diameter of the coupling bushing, whereby the sleeve, with the second nut strips being introduced first, is adapted to be introduced into the coupling bushing.

Abstract: A barb clamp provides a leakproof connection of a flexible tube in a barbed fitting. The barb clamp includes a collet and sleeve. The barb fitting is configured to fit snugly within the tube. The collet is slid over the tube. Shelves on the interior surface of the collet fit tightly around the tube and under an expanded portion of the barb fitting. The sleeve is then slid over the collet. As the sleeve moves over the collet, tangs on the collet are pushed radially inwardly into the tube and barb fitting. The sleeve is moved over the collet until an annular projection on the interior surface of the sleeve sits within an annular groove of the collet. Radial ledges on the exterior surface of the collet provide a stop and lock to prevent the annular projection on the sleeve to move out of the annular groove of the collet.

Abstract: A sleeve-type pipe joint 10 has a joint body 11 having a cylindrical projection 12 adapted to be inserted into a pipe 40 to be connected; a ring member 20 having a larger inner diameter than an outer diameter of the pipe 40; and a resiliently deformable, cylindrical sleeve member 30 moved into a space between the ring member 20 and the pipe 40, at least one of an inner surface of the ring member 20 and an outer surface of the sleeve member 30 being provided with a tapered portion, such that when the sleeve member 30 is moved into the ring member 20, the sleeve member 30 is deformed inward, resulting in tight connection of the inner surface of the pipe 40 to the outer surface of the cylindrical projection 12. When the ring member 20, the sleeve member 30, and the joint body 11 are assembled, the ring member 20 and the sleeve member 30 resist detachment from the assembled pipe joint 10.

Abstract: A pipe-end-connecting joint comprisse a nipple 1 inserted in the pipe end, a holder 2 for tightening the outer circumference of the pipe end, and an elastic packing 3 divided into half parts and attached in the holder 2. The nipple 1 includes a tubular portion 11 provided in one longitudinal end side thereof so as to be inserted in the pipe end, a connection portion 12 provided in the other longitudinal end side thereof so as to be connected to another joint, and a flange portion 13 provided in a longitudinal intermediate portion thereof so as to protrude outward.

Abstract: A plastic barb clamp provides leakproof connection of a flexible tube in a barb fitting. The barb clamp includes a collet and a sleeve. The barb clamp is configured to fit snugly within the tube. The collet is slid over the tube. Annular retainers on the interior surface of the collet fit tightly around the tube and under an expanded portion of the barb fitting. The sleeve is then slid over the collet. As the sleeve moves over the collet, tangs on the collet are pushed radially inwardly into the tube and barb fitting. The exterior surface of the collet has radial projections or expanded diameter portions for locking with the sleeve. The sleeve has an annular projection or a reduced diameter portion on the interior surface of the sleeve to correspond to the exterior surface of the collet to provide a secure lock between the collet and sleeve.

Abstract: A device for connecting a pipe socket, a tubular mounting part or a fitting (3) to a pipe (10), especially a water pipe. The inventive device comprises a connecting part (7). A first end (7a) of the connecting part is to be connected to a pipe (10) by a press connection, and a second end (7b) of the connecting part is to be connected to the pipe socket, mounting part or fitting (3). The second end (7b) of the connecting part (7) forms a plug-connection with a receiving part (4) of the pipe socket, the tubular mounting part or the fitting (3). After the press-connection is provided, the connecting part (7) is merely plugged in to connect a pipe (10), for example, to a mounting part.

Abstract: A barb clamp provides a leakproof connection of a flexible tube in a barbed fitting. The barb clamp includes a collet and sleeve. The barb fitting is configured to fit snugly within the tube. The collet is slid over the tube. Shelves on the interior surface of the collet fit tightly around the tube and under an expanded portion of the barb fitting. The sleeve is then slid over the collet. As the sleeve moves over the collet, tangs on the collet are pushed radially inwardly into the tube and barb fitting. The sleeve is moved over the collet until an annular projection on the interior surface of the sleeve sits within an annular groove of the collet. Radial ledges on the exterior surface of the collet provide a stop and lock to prevent the annular projection on the sleeve to move out of the annular groove of the collet.

Abstract: A hose for delivery of pre-conditioned air between a ground-based heating-ventilating unit and an internal ventilation system of an aircraft comprising at least two hose segments. The hose segments can have an end provided with a fastener interconnectable with a fastener on an end of an adjacent hose segment. Each hose segment can also have an exterior layer formed of a single piece of flexible material wherein opposing longitudinal sides of the piece of material are joined at a single longitudinal seam. Further, at least one protective flap can be located adjacent the fastener on one hose segment and adapted to cover the adjacent fastener and an interconnected fastener when the at least two hose segments are connected to each other.

Abstract: A hose coupling secures a flexible hose member having a radially outwardly facing exterior hose surface and a radially inwardly facing interior hose surface. The hose coupling includes a housing having a radially outwardly facing exterior surface and a radially inwardly facing interior surface defining a longitudinal passageway, a first axial end, and a second axial end. The interior surface includes a first ramped portion and a first seating portion. A tube support member has a tube portion disposed in the interior longitudinal passageway of the housing and a base portion fixedly coupled to the housing at the second axial end of the housing. The base portion has a seal seat region, and the tube portion has a radially outwardly facing exterior surface that includes a first grip ring for supporting the interior hose surface. The first grip ring is circumferentially disposed about the exterior hose surface.

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 air spring having a flexible sleeve is mounted between a pair of movable support components to maintain the components in a spaced relationship. The flexible sleeve has a hollow interior which forms an internal fluid chamber. A connector is mounted in one end of the sleeve and receives a tube for controlling the flow of fluid into and out of the chamber. The connector has a main body molded into the sleeve end and a collet member telescopically rotatably mounted in a hollow interior of the main body. The collet member has a plurality of flexible fingers which grip the end of a tube when inserted therein and have one-way barbs which grip to tube to prevent it from being pulled out once it is inserted within the connector. An elastomeric seal is mounted within the body to provide a fluid seal between the tube and body interior.

Abstract: A clip fitting for a hose that includes a hose nipple defining at least one circular groove. A circular seal is positioned in the groove. At least one hose clip is mounted on the hose nipple. At least one clamp is positioned on the hose clip over the seal. The fitting provides an improved seal between the hose and the nipple.

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 connector element is provided for variably laying and protecting insulated electrical conductors or cables for interconnecting the electrotechnical devices and lightning protective systems in aircraft and spacecraft. The connector element (29) includes a protective corrugated hose (25) connected to a screw-on component (1) by a collar nut (3) screwed onto the screw-on component (1). The collar nut (3) engages a flange (26A) on an end of the hose (25) and clamps it against the screw-on component (1). Insulated electrical conductors or cables (8) are guided through the hose (25), which is conductively connected to the aircraft structure. The hose (25) serves to protect, hold, and guide the electrical cables (8) in a desired configuration. The corrugated hose (25) includes a compressed portion (25A) with a small corrugation spacing, whereby the hose (25) is bendable into a desired configuration, yet is form-retaining and flexurally stiff to maintain the bent configuration.

Abstract: A hose connector with gripping elements (18) pressing a hose (14) on a socket (15) uses a two-part sleeve (24). The two-part sleeve includes a screw piece (25) and an extension sleeve connected to the screw piece by a rotary connection and the two-part sleeve surrounds and supports the hose for a significant portion beyond the clamping area of the gripping elements (18). This inner sleeve (32) also has the funnel-shaped, conical actuating surface (33) for the pressing of the gripping elements.

Abstract: An improved plastic push in tube fitting includes a plastic body, an elastomer o-ring for sealing, and a plastic collet. The collet and o-ring are disposed in the body such that a tube can be pushed into the body through the collet and o-ring and held against withdrawal from the body by the collet. The collet is formed entirely of plastic and has a plurality of circumferential sections for encircling a tube pushed into the body. Each of the circumferential sections has a radially inwardly facing circumferential tube gripper. The tube gripper is formed by a ramp which faces a tube being pushed into the body so that the collet will encounter the ramp and move the circumferential sections radially apart. The gripper also includes a circumferential surface which faces away from a tube being pushed into the body. The circumferential ramp and the circumferential surface form a gripper edge at their junction and this edge engages and holds a tube pushed into the body through the collet.

Abstract: A tube fitting includes a tubular body, an annular clamping member, a tubular inner pipe, a releasing member, and a sealing ring. The clamping member is disposed axially movably in an axial bore of the body, and includes a claw and an outer peripheral portion. The claw has an inclined surface projecting in a centripetal direction as the inclined surface extends away from an opening of the body, and engages with an outer peripheral surface of a tube fitted into the axial bore via the opening. The outer peripheral portion contacts with a regulatory surface of the body, and is pressed in a centripetal direction thereby, and accordingly presses the claw onto the outer peripheral surface of the tube. The inner pipe is disposed in the tube coaxially with an inner peripheral surface of the tube at an end of the tube. The releasing member includes a tubular base and a leading end. The base is disposed axially movably in the axial bore on an outer side with respect to the regulatory surface.

Abstract: A quick connect tube coupling is configured for use with unstepped bores in conventional fittings, valves, manifolds and similar devices. The coupling includes a tubular tube support which has structure thereon for positively coupling with a brass sleeve which is utilized to retain the coupling in the bore. The tubular tube support further includes a stepped portion which locates a primary O-ring seal for sealing directly with a tube connected by the coupling and a secondary O-ring seal which seals with the wall of the bore. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the tube support is molded of plastic and is polygonal in cross-section.

Abstract: Quick connect tube couplings are configured for use with unstepped bores in conventional fittings, valves, manifolds and similar devices. The couplings each include a tube support which axially abuts a brass sleeve utilized to retain the coupling in the bore. The tube support further includes a stepped portion which locates a primary O-ring seal for sealing directly with a tube connected by the coupling and a secondary O-ring seal which seals with the wall of the bore. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the tube support is molded of plastic and, in accordance with another embodiment of the invention, the tube support is brass in order to accommodate tubes with thicker walls.

Abstract: Mechanical constriction of pliable pipes, for example, annealed copper pipes or pipes of plastic, a corrugated fitting sleeve or connecting piece on, for example, a T-pipe, bend or equipment such as, for example, valves, takes place with the aid of a clamp coupling including an outer sleeve which is rotatable relative to an inner sleeve which is provided with a longitudinal slot. Mechanical joining of hard pipes, for example, of copper or steel, or attaching of such pipes to a connecting piece on a T-pipe, bend or equipment such as, for example, valves, is provided for with the aid of such a clamp coupling where the interior of the inner sleeve is provided with at least a pair of annular beads and a cylindrically shaped sealing gasket.

Abstract: The invention is a device for providing a clamping force about a connection end of elastomeric hose and tubing. The device includes a heat shrinkable polymer, having a diameter reducing release temperature, formed into a band. The band has a first nominal inside diameter defined as the diameter the band assumes upon being shrunk in free space and being smaller than the outside diameter of the connection end of the elastomeric hose and tubing. The band has a second nominal inside diameter defined as the diameter the band assumes upon being shrunk about the connection end of the elastomeric hose and tubing. The band also has a third nominal inside diameter defined as the diameter of the band after polymer orientation and before shrinkage, the third diameter being greater than the outside diameter of the connection end of the elastomeric hose and tubing. The first inside diameter is no greater than about 80 percent of the third inside diameter.

Abstract: A cooperating combination of a metallic gland and a metallic grip ring is for both plastic pipe and metallic pipe used in fluid piping systems, where these pipes are part of assembled restrained sealed bolted joints. The grip ring, in addition to two well spaced major sized teeth, has several spaced minor sized pipe gripping circumferential teeth located between and beyond the major sized teeth. The major sized teeth extend radially inwardly farther than the minor sized teeth within the grip ring. When the installed grip ring is restraining a metallic pipe, only the major size teeth are, in part, penetrating the metallic pipe. When this installed grip ring is restraining a plastic pipe both the major size teeth and the minor size teeth are penetrating the plastic pipe. The major size teeth take a lot of concentrated force, which is created when the fasteners of the bolted joint are tightened.

Abstract: The fuel pressure regulator is disposed in an off-engine mounting that is fastened to a wall of the engine compartment. The mounting is a body of synthetic material having a socket within which the fuel pressure regulator is disposed. Nipples for fluid-connecting flexible fuel conduits to the body are integral formations of the body. Protective walls that are also integral formations of the body circumferentially surround the nipples. Levers are pivotally connected with the protective walls, and when operated to force-applying positions, they pinch the sides of the conduits against the nipples.

Abstract: This device, in which the tubular element (1) is fixed to the spigot (2) by maintaining and sealing means (4), is characterized in that the maintaining and sealing means comprise two sleeves (5,6) coaxial with the spigot, one of the sleeves being an outer sleeve (5) connected to the component (3) and comprising resiliently deformable branches (10,11) biased in the direction toward the spigot, there being provided at the end of each branch a hooking portion projecting inwardly of the outer sleeve, and the other sleeve being an inner sleeve (6) comprising an abutment surface (7) and mounted to be axially movable between the outer sleeve (5) and the spigot (2) by the bearing of the tubular element (1) against the abutment surface (7), between a mounting position in which the inner sleeve (6) maintains the branches (10,11) of the outer sleeve (5) spaced away from the spigot (2), and a hooking position in which the inner sleeve releases the branches (10,11) of the outer sleeve (5), so that the hooking portions of

Abstract: A hose construction and method of making the same are provided, the hose construction comprising a tubular flexible hose having opposite ends, fastening structure, and a clamp fastened to one of the ends of the hose with the fastening structure for substantially circumferentially and radially inwardly clamping the one end onto a member that has been inserted into the one end, the clamp having end projections for being toggled together to circumferentially enlarge the clamp and hold the clamp out of its clamping condition and for being released from each other so as to be circumferentially moved apart from each other as the clamp circumferentially shrinks into its clamping condition by the natural spring force of the clamp, the fastening structure comprising a single spot of adhesive disposed between and against the clamp and the hose at a point on the hose that is located substantially diametrically opposite the point on the hose where the end projections of the clamp are adapted to be toggled together.