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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Watson-marlow Bredel B.v., Delden, NL;
Inventor:
Ronald Oude Vrielink, Delden, NL;
Assignee:
Watson-Marlow Bredel B.V., Delden, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 33/00 (2006.01); F04B 43/00 (2006.01); F04B 43/12 (2006.01); F04B 53/16 (2006.01); F16L 33/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 43/0072 (2013.01); F04B 43/009 (2013.01); F04B 43/1253 (2013.01); F04B 43/1261 (2013.01); F04B 53/16 (2013.01); F16L 33/225 (2013.01);
Abstract
An end fitting for a tube housed by a cavity and a method of installing a tube in a cavity are described which use a compression ring that defines a void having an axial extent and a radial extent. The compression ring is compressed between a bracket of the end fitting and a port of the cavity by drawing the bracket axially towards the port. This seals the port and deforms the void defined by the compression ring. The deformation of the void reduces its axial extent and increases its radial extent, thereby compressing the tube against an insert received within the interior of the tube.