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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2014
Applicant:
John Guest International Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Inventor:
Timothy Steven Guest, Middlesex, GB;
Assignee:
John Guest International Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/091 (2006.01); F16L 37/092 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/0925 (2013.01);
Abstract
A connector having a bodywith a central throughway in which a tube T is received. A colletwithin the body has a plurality of flexible legsarranged to grip the tube T if a force is applied to withdraw the tube. The connector further comprises at least one first tooth, the first tooth having a gripping edge in a plane angled to a plane perpendicular to the main axis of the connector, and being mountable with respect to the body so as to be non-rotatable about the main axis X.