Pipe joints or couplings – Socket – With separable fastener
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-31
2006-01-31
Dunwoody, Aaron (Department: 3679)
Pipe joints or couplings
Socket
With separable fastener
C285S903000, C285S401000, C285S360000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06991270
ABSTRACT:
A hose coupling assembly wherein a hose 20 having a corrugated portion 22 is coupled to a fitting block 24 by a socket 50. The fitting block 24 has a block engagement catch 25cprojecting from the outside rim of the block body 25. The socket 50 comprises a socket body 51 elastically expandable and contractible by being divided by a slit 51a, and a socket engagement catch 51bengages the block engagement catch 25c. To detach the socket 50 from the fitting block 24, force is applied in a rotation direction to a push operation portion 51cto cause the socket body 51 to undergo diametrical expansion, releasing the socket engagement catch 51bfrom the block engagement catch 25c.
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Ito Koji
Kameda Yoshiaki
Mitsui Kenichi
Nakashima Naomi
Yamaguchi Hiroshi
Dunwoody Aaron
Posz Law Group , PLC
Toyoda Gosei Co,., Ltd.
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