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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:
Feb. 16, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gary E Griffin, Penn Yan, NY (US);
Assignee:
Parker Hannifin Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
138109 ; 138 45 ; 138108 ; 138113 ; 138148 ; 206418 ;
Abstract
A protective spacer for fittings and the like consists of tubular plastic body member with a transverse end wall having a plurality of radiating slits therein forming plural gripper tabs. The body member is formed of thermoplastic material and the tabs are resiliently deformable into a tunnel configuration adapted to receive a portion of a fitting member and to be self-supported thereon. The spacer provides radial spacing from the thus supported fitting portion and axial spacing for opposed structures in abutment with the transverse end wall and free end of the body member.