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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
May. 02, 2007
Applicant:
Blair Forres Mcpheat, Auckland, NZ;
Inventor:
Blair Forres McPheat, Auckland, NZ;
Assignee:
BFM Technology Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cuffed connection system for the transport of a particulate material includes a tube, a conduit, or a duct, and a flexible tube end that is received and snap fit so as to be inter-engaged within the tube, the conduit, or the duct. The snap fit inter-engagement is of a pair of outward circumferential forms each fit into a complementary receiving groove of a ferrule.