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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:
Nov. 04, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
John D Guest, Bray, Maidenhead, Berkshire, GB;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285322 ; 285308 ; 285319 ;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to a tube coupling collet for holding a tube in a tapered bore in a coupling body. The collet comprises a plastics molding having an annular head with a plurality of resilient arms extending axially from the head. A metal skeleton is embodied in the plastics molding comprising an annular element molded in the annular head of the collet and integral legs extending axially from the annular element within the resilient arms of the collet.