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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2002
Bernhard Dehmer, Rastatt, DE;
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A tube fitting provides a sealed flow connection between an open-ended duct that extends along the longitudinal axis of a tube and an open-ended duct of a base element, for liquid separation technology. The tube fitting has a ring-shaped thrust piece with a receptacle for the tube and a ring-shaped, spring-elastic compensating element with receptacle for the tube. The tube fitting further comprises a fastening element that can be fastened tightly to the base element. When sealed, the base element, the thrust piece, the compensating element and the tube can be braced by means of the fastening element under elastic deformation of the compensating element. A spring serves as a compensating element, wherein the spring and the connection parts arranged within the spring excursion range are coordinated to each other such that a leaky connection caused by elastic deformaton or material settling of parts braced together is excluded.