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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. 27, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
David N Attwood, Edmonds, WA (US);
Assignee:
Accor Technology, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
251148 ; 285340 ;
Abstract
A quick connect coupling for fluid conduits having an outer cylindrical member and an inner conduit fitted within the outer cylindrical member including a continuous circular gripper ring seated in the outer cylindrical member and having radially inward gripper teeth bent axially forward toward the outer cylindrical member in a generally conical plane, each tooth has a twist in a common direction whereby the inner conduit can be slid into the gripper ring but removed from the gripper ring only by unscrewing from the gripper ring.