Hose fitting

Claim 1

THE COMBINATION OF A HOSE INCLUDING AN INNER NONMETALLIC TUBE SURROUNDED BY METALLIC REINFORCEMENT OF TUBULAR CONFIGURATION, A PORTION OF SAID TUBULAR REINFORCEMENT AT AND ADJACENT TO ONE END OF THE HOSE BEING BARED, AND A FITTING COMPRISING A SOCKET MEMBER AND A NIPPLE MEMBER SECURED TOGETHER AND PROVIDING AN ANNULAR OPENING CLOSED AT THE FORWARD END AND RECEIVING SAID ONE END OF THE HOSE, SAID SOCKET MEMBER AND SAID NIPPLE MEMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LONGER THAN THE LENGTH OF SAID BARED PORTION OF SAID TUBULAR REINFORCEMENT AND INCLUDING THEREBETWEEN A GRIPPING SECTION NEAR SAID FORWARD END WITH SAID BARED TUBULAR REINFORCEMENT PORTION THEREIN AND A SEALING SECTION REARWARD TO SAID GRIPPING SECTION, SAID ANNULAR OPENING IN SAID SEALING SECTION BEING ENLARGED IN RADIAL WIDTH RELATIVE TO SAID GRIPPING SECTION TO RECEIVE BOTH SAID REINFORCEMENT AND SAID INNER TUBE, AND MEANS ON SAID SOCKET MEMBER AND SAID NIPPLE MEMBER IN SAID GRIPPING SECTION PROVIDING A SINUSOIDAL FORM FOR SAID ANNULAR OPENING IN SAID GRIPPING SECTION ALONG SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH AND CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID GRIPPING SECTION AND CLAMPING SAID BARED TUBULAR REINFORCEMENT PORTION AND BENDING THE SAME INTO A SINUSOIDAL CONFIGURATION TO PREVENT A REARWARDLY DIRECTED THRUST ON THE HOSE RELATIVE TO THE FITTING FROM SEPARATING THE HOSE FROM THE FITTING, SAID MEANS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CONTINUOUS RADIALLY EXTENDING PREFORMED ANNULAR RELATIVELY BLUNT PROJECTION ON ONE OF SAID MEMBERS, SAID PROJECTION HAVING SLANTING SIDES, THE OTHER MEMBER HAVING AT LEAST ONE CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CONTINUOUS ANNULAR GROOVE RADIALLY OPPOISTE SAID PROJECTION AND HAVING SLANTING SIDES GENERALLY PARALLEL TO THE SLANTING SIDES OF SAID PROJECTION, SAID PROJECTION AND SAID GROOVE SIDES OF SAID PROJECTION, SAID PROJECTION AND SAID GROOVE ANNULAR OPENING BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH AND CIRCUMFERENCE, WHEREBY SAID REINFORCEMENT IS BENT INTO A SMOOTHLY CURVING SINUSOIDAL FORM BY SAID PROJECTION AND SAID GROOVE AND THE COMPRESSIVE FORCE ON SAID BARED REINFORCEMENT PORTION IS SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH AND CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE GRIPPING SECTION, SAID BENDING OF SAID REINFORCEMENT INTO SAID SINUSOIDAL CONFIGURATION BEING EFFECTIVE TO ESTABLISH A FIRM GRIP ON SAID HOSE BY SAID FITTING BY BENDING AND COMPRESSING SAID BARED REINFORCEMENT PORTION AND WITHOUT ANY SUBSTANTIAL BITING INTO SAID BARED REINFORCEMENT PORTION, AND EACH BEND OF SAID BARED REINFORCEMENT PORTION GRADUALLY REDUCING IN THE FORWARD DIRECTION THE AMOUNT OF THE REARWARDLY DIRECTED THRUST ON SAID BARED REINFORCEMENT PORTION, THE PORTIONS OF THE ANNULAR OPENING ADJACENT BOTH OF SAID SLANTING SIDES OF SAID PROJECTION EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY LENGTHWISE OF THE FITTING AND HAVING A RADIAL WIDTH SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE RADIAL WIDTH OF THE PORTION OF SAID OPENING BETWEEN SAID PROJECTION AND SAID GROOVE.