Fluid handling – Destructible or deformable element controlled – Destructible element
Patent
1975-01-08
1978-05-16
Cline, William R.
Fluid handling
Destructible or deformable element controlled
Destructible element
137614, 251148, F16K 1740
Patent
active
040893413
ABSTRACT:
Connector method and apparatus for coupling together two systems or combinations of systems, for example, vessels such as pipes, conduits, chambers, tanks or the like to provide intercommunication between them while automatically excluding the environment from the system interiors during and after the coupling operation and while preventing any dilution of or loss of the fluid or vacuum within the respective system interiors. The connector apparatus of the present invention includes a male connector element, coupled to a first system, defining a conduit which communicates with the interior of this first system and having a nonplanar sealing surface which forms an apex. A female connector element is coupled to a second system and defines a conduit which communicates with the interior of this second system. The female connector element also has a sealing surface adapted to engage with the male sealing surface, and at least one of these sealing surfaces is deformable.
The female connector element sealing surface is adapted to engage the nonplanar male connector sealing surface initially at the male connector apex and subsequently, upon connector element deformation, at a progressively larger contact area about the male connector apex. The progressive sealing surface engagement from the male connector apex to a larger contact area about the apex progressively increases the contact area of sealing interengagement and progressively expels and excludes the environment from this area.
Valve means are also provided for defining an intercommunicating opening between the conduits which communicate with the respective first and second systems after the environment has been expelled and excluded from the contact area of sealing interengagement.
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Cline William R.
Parmelee G. Kendall
Spiegel H. Jay
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