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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2016
Applicant:
Oetiker Ny, Inc., Lancaster, NY (US);
Inventor:
James Kujawski, Jr., Attica, NY (US);
Assignee:
Oetiker NY, Inc., Lancaster, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/088 (2006.01); F16L 37/413 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/413 (2013.01); F16L 37/088 (2013.01); Y10T 137/7929 (2015.04);
Abstract
A fluid coupling has an outlet for receiving the lead end of a tubular fluid conduit having an external locking shoulder. The coupling also holds within it adjacent an outlet a valve body that is normally closed, but is contacted and displaced against the closing force of a bias spring to open the outlet when the conduit is fully inserted and locked into the coupling by way of said locking shoulder.