Coupling assembly
Abstract
Abstract THE COUPLING ASSEMBLY DISCLOSED HEREIN COMPRISES A DISTRIBUTION BLOCK AND ASSOCIATED FITTING TERMINATIONS SEALABLY CONNECTED WITH THE BLOCK. THE DISTRIBUTION BLOCK IS PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF INTERSECTING SMOOTH BORES EXTENDING THEREINTO FROM THE SERIES THEREOF TO PROVIDE A PLURALITY OF PORTS AND A CORRESPONDING NUMBER OF SLOTS, EACH INTERSECTING ONE OF THE BORES ADJACENT A PORT. EACH OF THE FITTI NG TERMINATIONS INCLUDES A CYLINDRICAL SURFACE PORTION HAVING A PAIR OF AXIALLY SPACED ANNULAR GROOVES AND SLIDABLY RECEIVED WITHIN THE ASSOCIATED BORE, AND A SHOULDER PORTION ABUTTING A BLOCK SIDE SURFACE WHEN THE TERMINATION IS POSITIONED WITHIN THE BORE WITH THE OUTER ANNULAR GROOVE ALIGNED WITH AN ASSOCIATED SLOT. A CLIP SLIDES WITHIN THE SLOT AND A PORTION OF THAT OUTER GROOVE AND A RESILIENT O-RING IS POSITIONED WITHIN THE OTHER GROOVE, RESPECTIVELY, TO LOCK AND SEAL THE BLOCK AND TERMINATION TOGETHER.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles H Graham
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