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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Magic Plastics, Inc., Valencia, CA (US);
Inventor:
John Sarno, Valencia, CA (US);
Assignee:
MAGIC PLASTICS, INC., Valencia, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 47/04 (2006.01); F16L 19/025 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 47/04 (2013.01); F16L 19/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plastic pipe union has an integral locking mechanism which is activated when nut member of the union is sufficiently tightened to the threads of an adjoining male nipple. The nut member and the tail piece of the plastic union each have matching engagement surfaces, where each engagement surface has a scalloped profile. Once sufficiently tightened, tactile feedback is provided to a personal manually tightening the nut member, indicating that the scalloped structures of the opposing engagement surfaces have interacted and reached a locked configuration.