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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1998
Timothy Stephen Guest, Bray, GB;
John Guest Engineering Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Abstract
A connector for coupling a tube to an annular boss of a vessel wall, the annular boss having a wall with an inner surface. The connector includes a coupling body having first and second end portions with a throughway extending between the first and second end portions. The first end portion is adapted to receive and retain the tube. The second end portion includes an encircling seal and a grab ring to engage and retain the second end portion in the annular boss. The coupling body includes a sleeve encircling the second end portion, and an annular gap located between the sleeve and the second end portion for insertion of the wall of the annular boss into the annular gap to engage the seal and the grab ring, so that the sleeve supports the wall of the annular boss.