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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles C Reed, Houston, TX (US);
Russell G Sharp, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Denton A Cooley, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Medical Products, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285 21 ; 2915 / ; 1282 / ; 156 731 ; 285 93 ; 2851 / ; 285155 ; 285177 ; 285D / ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method of assembly for a bifurcated tubing connector which is assembled from a relatively small number of integrated parts. The connector includes a tapered, hollow body and cover with standardized fittings. Each fitting is formed of modular components and configurated to receive a coupling which accommodates attachment to a different tubing diameter so that the bifurcated connector of this invention may be used to join two tubes of different diameters into a common fluid stream.