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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2000
James Donoho, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Michael Stoick, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Eric Soderstrom, Lauderdale, MN (US);
Fluroware, Inc., Chaska, MN (US);
Abstract
The torque confirmation fitting is used for coupling one section of tubing to another and includes a fitting body, a fitting nut, and a torque confirmation portion. The fitting body has a nose section that supports an end of one of the sections of tubing. The torque confirmation portion has a collar portion and one or more prongs. The fitting nut is operably joinable to the fitting body and engageable with the torque confirmation portion. To operate, the non-supported end of the tubing is inserted through the torque confirmation portion and the fitting nut. The fitting nut is then joined to the fitting body and in doing so engages the torque confirmation portion. The continued joining of the fitting nut to the fitting body causes the prong of the torque confirmation portion to provide a visual indication that the fitting nut has been sufficiently, tightly joined to the fitting body.