Fluid container structure having mutually cooperable port connections
Abstract
Abstract IN A FLUID CONTAINER CONSTRUCTION HAVING A PAIR OF PORTS, CONNECTOR MEANS FOR PROVIDING HORIZONTAL CONNECTION TO SUCH PORTS , AND, ADDITIONALLY, FOR SEALING THE INTERIOR OF THE FLUID CONTAINER STRUCTURE. THIS IS FACILITATED, IN A PREFERRED FORM OF THE INVENTION, BY THE CONNECTORS COMPRISING ELBOWS HAVING COOPERATING, PREFERABLY TAPERED ENDS WHICH CAN BE PLACED IN MUTUAL PROXIMITY, WITH A JUNCTION COVER BEING PROVIDED FOR SEALING OFF OR AT LEAST COVERING SUCH ENDS AT THEIR POINT OF MUTUAL PROXIMITY. AS THE JUNCTION COVER A COLLAR IS PREFERABLY PROVIDED, AND WHICH IS SLIT TO ACCOMODATE SELECTIVE EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION OF THE COLLAR, DEPENDING UPON ITS POSITION RELATIVE TO THE JUNCTURE OF THE TWO ELBOW CONNECTORS.
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- 👤 L Holbrook
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