Abstract: A watertight joint and a plug-in device are provided. The watertight joint includes a gland, a plug, an end cap and a sleeve cover, wherein the end cap includes a cable, a wrapping body and a sealing ring, wherein the wrapping body is wrapped on the cable and in a cone-shaped structure, and the sealing ring is sleeved over the second end of the wrapping body, the plug is fixedly connected to the port of the cable, the sleeve cover and the gland are sleeved over the wrapping body, opposite to each other, and the sleeve cover and the gland are in threaded connection, and the inner wall of sleeve cover abuts on the sealing ring.

Abstract: There is provided a power connector system for electrically connecting a power source to a device. The power connector comprises a first component and a second component which each have a plurality of electrical contacts disposed on a face thereof. The contacts each include an electrically resistive element having an impedance. When the first and second components are coupled, a logic unit controls enables current flow between the first and second components based on the impedances.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for a locking apparatus. A locking apparatus can be configured to operably attach a fixed-wing of an aircraft to a body of the aircraft. The locking apparatus can include a first connector configured to releasably receive a first tube, a second connector having a first side and second side, the first side configured to receive a second tube and the second side configured to releasably receive the first connector, and an end coupling cap configured to releasably lock the first connector and second connector together.

Abstract: In some implementations, a flowline connector assembly may include a first flowline member having a first cylindrical passageway, and a second flowline member having a second cylindrical passageway. The flowline connector assembly may include a pin, configured to be inserted into the first cylindrical passageway and the second cylindrical passageway, including a stop extending radially outward from an outer surface of the pin, where a first side of the stop is configured to contact a face of the first flowline member when the pin is inserted into the first cylindrical passageway. The flowline connector assembly may include a collar configured for threaded engagement at a first end with an outer surface of the first flowline member, wherein an inner surface of the collar is configured to contact a second side of the stop to connect the first flowline member with the second flowline member.

Abstract: Fluid couplings described herein are designed to prevent spillage of fluid when connecting and disconnecting the couplings. In some embodiments, the fluid couplings described herein include internal valve components. In example embodiments, the fluid couplings are designed with minimal component parts and are designed for easy assembly so that the fluid couplings are economical to produce.

Abstract: A stripper head assembly for holding back pressure while stripping a work-string in and out of a pressurized well environment. The stripper head assembly comprises a stripper head, a stripper insert, a stripper rubber, one or more retention bushing assemblies, one or more retention pins, and one or more retention apertures. The stripper head comprises an outer portion of the stripper head assembly. The stripper head comprises, from top to bottom, a top portion, a body portion, a lower neck portion and a flange base. A portion of the stripper insert fits within a portion of the stripper rubber. A portion of the stripper rubber fits within a portion of the stripper head. A portion of the stripper insert is configured to fit within a portion of the stripper rubber.

Abstract: A surgical injection device includes at least one tubular element defining a passageway. The passageway is configured for disposal of a selected volume of an agent and an evacuator disposed within the passageway. An actuator is engageable with the evacuator to entirely expel the selected volume of the agent from the passageway to a selected site. Spinal constructs, implants, systems and methods are disclosed.

Abstract: An attachment system for a locking system mounted to a closure is provided. A baseplate is fastenable to a mounting surface of the closure, the baseplate including at least one circumferential cutout having an engagement feature, and a locking feature on a surface of the baseplate. A housing has at least one protrusion insertable into the at least one circumferential cutout and is rotatably engageable with the engagement feature to selectively prevent the housing from being withdrawn from the baseplate in a direction normal to the mounting surface. A locking device is disposed inside the housing and is accessible from outside the housing through a cutout defined in at least one of the housing and the baseplate, the locking device operable to rotatably lock and unlock the housing to the baseplate.

Abstract: A self-aligning connector assembly includes a connector frame, a connector, and an alignment adapter. The connector frame includes an end plate. The connector extends from the connector frame and is configured to engage with a mating connector. The alignment adapter is coupled to the connector. The alignment adapter is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the alignment adapter is spaced apart from the end plate and permits the connector to move relative to the connector frame. In the second position, the alignment adapter is engaged against the end plate and prevents movement of the connector relative to the connector frame.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for an improved underwater vacuum cleaning system. Urging elements are provided on a vacuum head to encourage debris, especially large pieces of underwater debris, to matriculate under the head or otherwise toward the vacuum opening, rather than traveling over the head or otherwise NOT toward the vacuum opening. Various embodiments of engagement elements are disclosed between the vacuum head and a vacuum hose to improve the connection therebetween.

Abstract: A pipe fitting system, including a first pipe section with at least one male end, a second pipe section with at least one female end, and a connecting means for releasably connecting the pipe sections together such that the male end is at least partially received within the female end. The connecting means comprising releasably engageable first and second connectors associated with the first and second pipe sections respectively, wherein the first connector comprises at least one outwardly extending protrusion and wherein the second connector comprises corresponding recesses adapted to releasable receive the or each protrusion of the first connector. The pipe fitting system is suitable for applications such as end of line connections, repair/replacement of fixed existing pipes, and in enabling temporary removal of pipes for maintenance or access purposes.

Abstract: Method and system are provided for a quick connector for coupling conduits. The quick connector comprises a first piece including a first slot group, a second piece including a second slot group and a first protrusion group counterpart to the first slot group, and a third piece including a second protrusion group counterpart to the second slot group, where each slot of the first slot group angles in a first direction, and each slot of the second slot group angles in an opposing, second direction. In one example, the quick connector may include a locking mechanism and a feedback system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector, a connecting assembly and a tire repairing machine. The connector comprises: a circumferential side wall defining an interior cavity of the connector; a first end wall in which a first through hole is provided, the first through hole communicating the interior cavity with an exterior of the connector; a second end wall in which a second through hole is provided, the second through hole communicating the interior cavity with the exterior of the connector, wherein, the first through hole and the second through hole are both of a non-circular shape.

Abstract: A duct coupler assembly includes a female duct coupler, where the female duct coupler is coupled to a first duct segment. The female duct coupler includes a female duct coupler body having an inner surface having an inner diameter and a bayonet slot formed therein. The duct coupler assembly further includes a male duct coupler. The male duct coupler is coupled to a second duct segment. The male duct coupler includes a male duct coupler body having an outer surface having an outer diameter, where the outer diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the inner surface of the female duct coupler body. The male duct coupler has a bayonet post extending from an outer surface of the male duct coupler body, and the male duct coupler body is positioned within the female duct coupler body such that the bayonet post is positioned within the bayonet slot wherein the male duct coupler is coupled with the female duct coupler.

Abstract: Some fluid coupling devices described herein are configured for use in fluid systems for purposes of providing a single-use, aseptic disconnection functionality that substantially prevents fluid spillage when being disconnected. In some embodiments, the coupling portions cannot be reconnected to each other after being disconnected from each other.

Abstract: An example fluid connection system includes: a fitting comprising one or more ears protruding radially outward; a coupling nut comprising at least one helical groove and one or more channels, wherein the one or more channels are configured to allow the one or more ears of the fitting to pass therethrough and reach the at least one helical groove as the coupling nut is slid axially relative to the fitting to mount the coupling nut to the fitting, and wherein the one or more ears are configured to rotationally traverse the at least one helical groove when rotating the coupling nut relative to the fitting, thereby pulling the coupling nut and the fitting toward each other; and an anti-rotation element configured to rotationally couple the fitting to the coupling nut when the coupling nut reaches a predetermined rotational position relative to the fitting.

Abstract: A seal and bearing includes a seal and bearing housing, a rotatable mandrel disposed within an inner aperture of the seal and bearing housing, an upper seal carrier attached to a top side of the seal and bearing housing having a dynamic sealing element that contacts the rotatable mandrel, a plurality of tapered-thrust bearings to facilitate rotation of the rotatable mandrel including top tapered-thrust bearings indirectly mounted at a positive offset angle from a perpendicular line to a longitudinal axis of the rotating control device and bottom tapered-thrust bearings indirectly mounted at a negative offset angle from the perpendicular line to the longitudinal axis of the rotating control device, a preload spacer disposed between the top and bottom tapered-thrust bearings, and a lower seal carrier attached to a bottom side of the seal and bearing housing having a plurality of removable seal carrier trays.

Abstract: A sealing vibrational-counterrotation-proof hose joint capable of solving the poor sealing performance and the poor vibrational-counterrotation-proof performance of the prior hose joints, comprising a joint main body and a screw cap; a connecting section is arranged on the joint main body, and the screw cap is connected to the connecting section; the connecting section is provided with hooking claws; a squeezing section is arranged on the screw cap, and the squeezing section can squeeze the hooking claws, thereby enabling the hooking claws to bend towards the central axis of the joint main body; the screw cap is provided with locking blocks; the side wall of the connecting section is provided with locking grooves and a plurality of spiral guide bars; the spiral guide bars are uniformly distributed in a circumferential direction by taking the central axis of the joint main body as the center.

Abstract: A cap configured for engagement with a coupling can comprise an annular ring extending circumferentially around an outer portion of the cap, the cap defining an inner end and an outer end disposed opposite from the inner end, the annular ring defining a sealing surface between the inner end and the outer end, the annular ring defining a raised lip at the inner end, the raised lip extending radially outward from the sealing surface; and a web, the web enclosing the annular ring.

Abstract: A manifold for a body support apparatus is disposed in a frame together with an air source. This manifold for a body support apparatus includes: a first opening through which air from the air source is supplied; multiple second openings which are connected to openings of the frame; a space which communicates with the first opening; and multiple flow passages which connect the space and the multiple second openings to each other and are designed to open and close. The inside of this manifold for a body support apparatus is sealed.

Abstract: A twist-lock assembly for locking and unlocking a feed spout and control cage in their respective operative positions on a centrifugal blasting wheel. The twist-lock assembly includes a stationary control cage adapter and a rotatable clamping plate. The control cage adapter is mounted on a side wall of the centrifugal blasting wheel housing and located at an access opening in the housing. The clamping plate is rotatable with respect to the control cage adapter for locking and unlocking the control cage and the feed spout in their respective operative positions in response to rotation thereof between a clockwise locking position and a counterclockwise unlocking position. The result is an improved assembly for quickly dis-connecting and re-connecting the feed spout and control cage to provide ease of maintenance.

Abstract: A pole saw apparatus includes a saw blade, a pole, and a tubular adapter connecting the saw blade to the pole. The adapter includes an obround blade-receiving end that stably telescopingly engage sides of the blade-receiving end, with bolts fixing the blade on the adapter. The adapter also includes a pole-engaging end that is cylindrically shaped to telescopingly engage the anchoring end of the pole. A friction clamp includes a transverse shaft extending through the pole, the shaft being shaped to slide into longitudinal slots in the pole-engaging end of the adapter and then rotate into circumferential slots where it is not longitudinally removable. A rotatable cam handle on the clamp is manipulated to create circumferential friction to hold (or release) the adapter on the pole. The blade, adapter and pole align along a common centerline for robust and balanced use.

Abstract: A socket unit for a capillary connection system, especially for use in HPLC applications, includes a housing with a housing outer surface and a housing inner surface that define a housing axial cavity. The socket unit also includes a socket connecting mechanism adapted to engage with a corresponding plug connecting mechanism of a plug unit to connect the plug unit and the socket unit together, wherein the socket connecting mechanism is adapted for a predetermined number of discrete connection states between the socket unit and the plug unit.

Abstract: A dental treatment instrument includes a bridge unit, and a first tip and a second tip unit each configured to be replaceable with respect to the bridge unit, where the bridge unit includes a first lengthwise groove formed in a lengthwise direction at one end of the bridge unit, a first circumferential groove extending from the first lengthwise groove in a first circumferential direction, a second lengthwise groove formed in the lengthwise direction at the other end of the bridge unit, and a second circumferential groove extending from the second lengthwise groove in a second circumferential direction different from the first circumferential direction, and the first tip unit includes a first coupling protrusion extending in a direction vertical to the lengthwise direction of the bridge unit, and the second tip unit includes a second coupling protrusion extending in a direction vertical to the lengthwise direction of the bridge unit.

Abstract: A duct coupler assembly includes a female duct coupler, where the female duct coupler is coupled to a first duct segment. The female duct coupler includes a female duct coupler body having an inner surface having an inner diameter and a bayonet slot formed therein. The duct coupler assembly further includes a male duct coupler. The male duct coupler is coupled to a second duct segment. The male duct coupler includes a male duct coupler body having an outer surface having an outer diameter, where the outer diameter is smaller than the inner diameter of the inner surface of the female duct coupler body. The male duct coupler has a bayonet post extending from an outer surface of the male duct coupler body, and the male duct coupler body is positioned within the female duct coupler body such that the bayonet post is positioned within the bayonet slot wherein the male duct coupler is coupled with the female duct coupler.

Abstract: A locking collar quick union connection comprises a split ring and a locking collar sub assembly. The locking collar sub assembly includes a collar, a locking ring, and a locking screw. The locking ring includes outer threads that engage inner threads formed on a larger inner diameter portion of the collar. The split ring includes outer threads that engage inner threads formed on a smaller inner diameter portion of the collar. The locking screw rotationally locks the locking ring to the locking collar.

Abstract: A deflector assembly for the rope/cable hanging from a hoist mounted on an aircraft (A). The deflector assembly has an adjoined anchorage that includes a socket face that internally has a sliding bearing in which is housed an innermost end, so that the innermost end is slidably guided relative to the adjoined anchorage to have one degree of freedom along a linear translation axis (LT). A remote anchorage has a support bracket for demountably mounting the remote anchorage to the fuselage. The rotorcraft can be chosen among: helicopters, hybrid rotary aircrafts, UAV rotorcrafts and inhabitable rotorcrafts including remote piloting functions.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic cigarette including a battery connector and a vaporizer connector, wherein the battery connector comprises two recessed L-shaped grooves, and the vaporizer connector comprises two symmetrically-arranged protrusions. After the battery connector has been twist-lock connected with the vaporizer connector, the L-shaped grooves of the battery connector tightly engage with the protrusions of the vaporizer connector, positive and negative electrodes of a battery assembly are electrically connected to two electrodes of a vaporizer electrode assembly.

Abstract: An outlet (4) for a pouch (1) in a urostomy appliance is provided. The outlet has a valve with a valve housing (5) and a valve stem (6) that is movable in the longitudinal direction with respect to the valve housing. In a position of the valve stem, the stem can freely rotate with respect to the valve housing, so as to prevent kink and obstructions in a tube connecting the valve with a collecting bag. A urostomy appliance with an outlet is also provided.

Abstract: A connecting device for conduits or hose lines comprising a connecting body which has a borehole for conducting a medium flowing through the conduit or hose line therethrough, and a pipe-like end piece which can be inserted into a receptacle that is formed at the front end of the connecting body and which can fixed in said receptacle by means of a union nut that is arranged rotatably between a loosened position and an assembly position on the outside of the connecting body, wherein a display rendering the assembly state of the connecting device is arranged between the mutually facing end faces of the union nut and connecting body, is characterized in that the display consists of two annular display bodys (13, 14) as carriers of at least one marking in each case, each display body being formed at the end faces of the connecting body (10) and union nut (12), whereby at the start of assembly of the union nut (12) the markings of the two displays bodys (13, 14) are located at different locations on the circumfere

Abstract: The arrangement (100) includes a sap collecting device (102) and a slide clamp (104). The sap collecting device (102) includes a tubing fixation portion (140) over which the free end of the flexible tubing (106) can be removably inserted with a frictional engagement. The slide clamp (104) includes an annular sleeve portion (180) that is slidingly insertable over the unexpanded outer diameter of the flexible tubing (106) and removably positionable proximate the free end of the flexible tubing (106), when the free end of the flexible tubing (106) is inserted over the tubing fixation portion (140), to constrict the free end in a withdrawal-resisting frictional engagement with the tubing fixation portion (140). The slide clamp (104) also includes a plug portion (182) having an outer peripheral wall surface (206) on which the free end of the flexible tubing (106) is removably insertable to prevent air and contaminants from entering.

Abstract: A pipe quick release structure includes a first pipe having at least one guiding element formed on an outer periphery of the first pipe, a second pipe having at least one axial trough defined to correspond to and movably and selectively receive therein the at least one guiding element of the first pipe and a joint securely received in the second pipe and having at least one axial ledge formed on an outer periphery thereof to be movably received in the at least one axial trough of the second pipe, at least one second axial trough defined to receive therein the at least one guiding element of the first pipe and at least one recess defined to communicate with the at least one second axial trough to selectively position the at least one guiding element of the first pipe so as to selectively secure connection of the first pipe to the second pipe.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a first duct having a first outer surface and a first inner surface. The first outer surface has a protuberance thereon, and the first inner surface defines a first passageway having a first passageway opening. The apparatus also includes a second duct having a second outer surface and a second inner surface. The second inner surface defines a second passageway having a second passageway opening. The apparatus further includes a sleeve that defines a chamber having a first chamber opening and a second chamber opening. The sleeve also defines a slot. The sleeve is rotatably connected to the second duct, and the protuberance on the second outer surface is disposed within the slot such that the sleeve and the protuberance cooperate to couple the first duct to the second duct.

Abstract: This invention is a device that is used for attaching a garden hose to a hose bib (faucet). It consists primarily of two components: an upper part which attaches to a hose bib and a lower part which attaches to the hose. The upper part has a stepped protruding tube which carries two o-rings on its circumference. The lower part has a smooth bore, particularly at the location of the o-rings; and when inserted over the upper tube, results in a pressure tight seal. The two parts are held together by a three-pronged clasp arrangement which facilitates the installation and separation of the two components. Roller bearings incorporated into the upper part and inclined ramps which are part of the lower part assist with the connection.

Abstract: A connector for removably connecting two fluid channels which includes a first element and a second element that fit into one another and wherein the first element includes a body connected with the second element when the second element and the first element are at least partially fitted into one another following a combined relative rotational and translational movement, by a first link between at least one locking pin and at least one locking slot, and wherein the first element includes a single ring mounted around the body and wherein the body and the ring are linked following a combined relative rotational and translational movement by a second link between at least one guiding pin and at least one guiding slot.

Abstract: A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine having an elongated body with a fuel inlet end and a fuel discharge end. The injector body includes an outwardly extending plate attached at a position between its ends and this plate includes at least one radially outwardly extending tab so that the cross-sectional shape of the plate is noncircular. A fuel cup receives the fuel inlet end of the fuel injector and includes a radially inwardly extending ledge at a mid position of the cavity. This ledge includes a through bore complementary in shape to the shape of the plate so that, with the fuel injector and plate aligned at a predetermined angular assembly position, the plate passes through the ledge upon insertion of the fuel injector into the cavity. Thereafter, rotation of the fuel injector and attached plate to a locking position positions the tabs above the ledge thus locking the fuel injector to the fuel cup.

Abstract: In a vibration damper of a turbomolecular vacuum pump, a vacuum tightness function and a vibration damping function are both performed by one or more toroidal rings made of an elastic material. The elastic rings assume a resting configuration while the vacuum pump is not operating and the damper is at atmospheric pressure, and they assume a compressed configuration while the vacuum pump is operating and the damper is under vacuum conditions. In the compressed configuration, the elastic rings are deformed due to a compression force. This deformation of the elastic rings prevents metal-to-metal contact between the vacuum pump and a vacuum chamber to which the pump is connected through the damper.

Abstract: A connector assembly has a hollow first connector and a hollow second connector. The first connector has an engaging block. The second connector has an opened connecting end, a guiding groove, a resilient tab cavity, an escaping segment and a resilient tab. The resilient tab cavity is defined in the second connector at a side of the guiding groove opposite to the connecting end and communicates with the guiding groove. The escaping segment is formed on and protrudes from an outer surface of the second connector at a position between the guiding groove and the connecting end of the second connector and is hollow to define an escaping space communicating with the guiding groove. The resilient tab is formed on and protrudes from an inner surface of the resilient tab space and has a free end extending into the guiding groove.

Abstract: A chemical component mixing apparatus for use with a fluid source in creation of a concentrated solution mixture is described. The mixing apparatus includes at least one mixing station. The mixing station includes an injector assembly, where the injector assembly includes at least one venturi chamber having at least one suction port in fluid communication with the at least one venturi chamber. The apparatus also includes at least one super concentrate chemical component housed within a chemical container, where the chemical container is fluidly connected by a first tube to the at least one venturi chamber via the at least one suction port, a receiving container fluidly connected to the injector assembly via a second tube, and a fluid source inlet introducing a fluid into the at least one mixing station, where the pressure within the at least one mixing station is less than 150 psi.

Abstract: The present invention provides a connecting piping assembly with limiter, including a first connecting piping and a second connecting piping. The first connecting piping contains a first coupling end, a first assembly portion and a first flow channel. The second connecting piping contains a second coupling end, a second assembly portion and a second flow channel. The first and second assembly portions can be mated and positioned so that the first and second flow channels are interconnected. A locating part is provided with a polygonal through-hole, which can be slidably sleeved on the perimeter of the first and second assembly portions, such that the polygonal through-hole is mated with the perimeter of the first and second assembly portions. The locating part is positioned via a locator.

Abstract: The combination of a) a first tubular element with a first axis, a first portion with a radially outwardly facing surface and a first connecting assembly with a first circumferentially facing surface and b) a second tubular element with a second portion with a second axis, a radially inwardly facing surface, and a second connecting assembly with a second circumferentially facing surface. The first portion is extendable within the second portion. The first and second tubular elements are movable around the first and second axes between a) a first relative rotational position and b) a second relative rotational position such that the first and second connecting assemblies cooperate to draw the first and second portions axially towards each other and the first and second circumferentially facing surfaces confront each other to thereby block relative movement back into the first relative rotational position.

Abstract: There is provided a novel fitting having male and female ends and a tapered internal luer-type seal. The male fitting end has a periphery upon which is mounted at least one boss. The female fitting end has a slot into which the boss may be inserted. At the bottom of the slot is a stop to limit the insertion depth of the boss. The male and female ends may then be rotated relative to each other to move the boss into a window on the female end. The window has a frame and the upper frame is angled slightly, corresponding to the boss, which serves to draw the male end farther in to the female end. The window has a side frame that stops the rotational movement of the boss. When the movement of the boss is stopped, the male and female tapers are in substantially leak-free contact. There is also provided a closed suction catheter using the novel fitting, such that the catheter may be easily and quickly removed and replaced.

Abstract: A connector apparatus for small-bore medical tubing includes a male connector (20) with a dome (22) which fits into a mating cavity (42) of a female connector (40) when the two connectors are coupled together. A fluid channel extends through the connectors, the dome, and into the cavity to form a continuous fluid passageway when the connectors are coupled together. The dome is compressed into the cavity to form a fluid-tight connection when the connectors are coupled together. Each connector has a coupling structure which mates with the other to compress the connectors together when fully engaged. The connectors are engaged by inserting the dome of one of the connectors into the cavity of the other connector, then rotating the connectors to fully couple them together.

Abstract: The invention relates to a riser pipe section comprising a main tube (2), at least one auxiliary line element (3) arranged substantially parallel to said tube (2), characterized in that the ends of main tube (2) comprise connecting means (8) allowing longitudinal stresses to be transmitted and in that the ends of auxiliary line element (3) comprise linking means (5-6) allowing longitudinal stresses to be transmitted.

Abstract: A combination of two bodies having tube-shaped or sleeve-shaped connecting sections which can be plugged into one another as part of an air-conditioning line system in an aircraft, the combination including at least one radial locking projection on a first body, at least one locking clearance on a second body which is completely surrounded by a rim, at least one lead-in clearance which is angularly offset in the peripheral direction in relation to the appertaining locking clearance, and at least one releasing groove associated with each locking clearance and disposed angularly offset in the peripheral direction on the opposite side of the appertaining lead-in clearance.

Abstract: A connector system for releasably securing a reservoir to a spray gun includes hook members on a lid of the reservoir that engage a flange of an inlet adaptor on the spray gun with a push/twist action to secure the reservoir to the spray gun. A retainer clip mounted on the inlet adaptor is movable between an inoperative position to allow the reservoir to be connected to and disconnected from the spray gun, and an operative position in which the clip blocks release of the reservoir. The clip provides security against accidental release of the reservoir in use of the spray gun.

Abstract: A threadless tubular connector includes a first component having a first tubular axis defined therethrough and configured to engage a second component having a second tubular axis defined therethrough, and a retaining member configured to maintain an alignment of the first tubular axis with the second tubular axis.

Abstract: A conversion adapter for connecting a fluid supply assembly to a fluid applicator. The conversion adapter provides a connection between the fluid supply assembly and the fluid applicator. The conversion adapter has a first end and a second end, and a bore between the first end and the second end. The first end has a complementary connecting surface mating with the connecting surface on the fluid supply assembly. The second end has a complementary connector in the bore, and a top and bottom. The complementary connector is selected from complementary grooves or complementary projections, and mates with the connector on the adapter of the fluid applicator.

Abstract: An adapter assembly for connecting a sewage drain pipe to a sewage disposal site inlet in fluid communication includes a hollow tubular member, a hollow adaptive member and flexible seal. The hollow tubular member having an open inlet adapted to engage threadable or otherwise to the end of a sewage drain pipe. A hollow adapter member having an open discharge end with adaptive features to be inserted into disposal site inlet. The tubular and adapter member interfacing via a rotational positive mechanical lock compressing an annular flexible seal radially or axially to ensure a dependable, long lasting low pressure fluid tight seal.

Abstract: An adapter assembly for connecting a fluid supply assembly to a fluid applicator. The adapter provides a connection between the fluid supply assembly and the fluid applicator that can be engaged quickly, easily, and securely, and which has a strong tight seal around the connection.