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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2001
Hendrikus Johannes Van Der Meijden, Glen Austin, ZA;
Peter Hugh Harrison, Centurion, ZA;
Hendrikus Johannes Van Der Meijden, Glen Austin, ZA;
Peter Hugh Harrison, Centurion, ZA;
Zodiac Pool Care, Inc., Pompano Beach, FL (US);
Abstract
A swivel connector () for a pipeline includes first and second connecting members () connectable in the pipeline. The connecting members () have round, telescopic pipe sections (), an annular seal () between the pipe sections, and connectors () which swivellably, releasably connect the connecting members (). The seal includes an inwardly proud standing peripheral ridge () on the first pipe section () which is telescopically outermost, and an aligned, complemental, thin walled, dilatable band () on the second pipe section, which is telescopically innermost. Liquid pressure dilates the band () to touch the ridge () to effect sealing. The connectors include a peripheral shoulder () on a collar () of the member () and a diametrically opposed pair of hooks () on the member () and which are releasably engageable with, to be relatively swivellable to, the shoulder (). The sealing and swivelling surfaces can be separated for cleaning and maintenance.