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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dilip K Shah, Madison, WI (US);
Satish M Chohan, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Gates Rubber Company, Denver, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285256 ; 285259 ; 29516 ;
Abstract
A ferrule for attaching a hose end portion to a male-stem, the ferrule having a tubular socket portion that retains a bendable sleevelike insert having substantially a C-shape when viewed in cross-section. Oppositely facing circumjacent edges of the C-shaped insert may have teeth as a means for interdigitating with each other when the ferrule is used to couple hose.