Flexible assemblies for fluid bearing lines

Claim 1

A FLEXIBLE COUPLING ASSEMBLY FOR INTERCONNECTING SPACED FLUID BEARING CONDUITS COMPRISING, A FIRST ENLARGED HOUSING, A SECOND ENLARGED HOUSING DISPOSED NORMAL WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRST HOUSING, A FIRST CONDUIT CONCENTRICALLY DISPOSED IN THE FIRST HOUSING, A SECOND CONDUIT CONCENTRICALLY DISPOSED IN THE SECOND HOUSING, AN ELBOW CONNECTING THE HOUSINGS FOR FLUID FLOW THERETHROUGH, A FIRST END FLANGE ON EACH OF THE CONDUITS WITHIN THE HOUSINGS, A SECOND END FLANGE ON EACH OF THE HOUSINGS EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY THEREOF, A BELLOWS ASSEMBLY WITHIN EACH OF THE HOUSINGS CONNECTED TO ONE END OF THE CONDUIT END FLANGE AND AT ITS OPPOSITE END TO THE HOUSING END FLANGE TO FORM A FLUID TIGHT FLEXIBLE SEAL BETWEEN EACH OF THE CONDUITS AND ITS HOUSING, DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID FIRST CONDUIT AND HOUSING RESTRAINING ALL MOTION OF THE FIRST CONDUIT WITH RESPECT TO ITS HOUSING TO MOVEMENT OF THE CONDUIT ALONG ITS AXIS IN A PLANE INCLUDING SAID MEANS AND TO OSCILLATION IN SAID PLANE, AND MEANS RESTRAINING MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND CONDUIT WITH RESPECT TO ITS HOUSING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS THE FIRST CONDUIT BUT IN A PLANE DISPOSED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO SAID FIRST PLANE.