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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:
Jun. 28, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wilcox Wayne, Waterford, PA (US);
Assignee:
Snap-Tite, Inc., Union City, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
13761405 ; 13761403 ; 285306 ; 285316 ;
Abstract
A pressure-locked coupling including a coupler and nipple, said coupler having a locking means which locks the nipple to said coupler in response to pressure applied to said coupler. A locking sleeve is employed having various locking diametrical surfaces and locking shoulders to secure said nipple to said coupler.