Method and apparatus for manufacturing a fluid coupling and a fl

Details Method and apparatus for manufacturing a fluid coupling and a fl Method and apparatus for manufacturing a fluid coupling and a fl

1997-05-20

1999-10-19

Knight, Anthony

Pipe joints or couplings

Molded joint

With packing filler

285332, 604533, F16L 4700, F16L 2500

Patent

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059675691

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for manufacturing a fluid coupling employs a rod having a bore at one end into which a plurality of plastic tubes may be inserted. The rod is sized to pass through a lumen of a Luer connector and an elastomeric washer placed within a surface of the Luer connector. The rod and plastic tubes are pulled through the Luer connector and washer. After removal of the rod and back tapping of the tubes flush with the end of the connector, a packing material is introduced into the remote end of the connector to fix the tubes in place. The washer then acts as a dam to prevent a flow of packing material from reaching the distal end of the connector. The apparatus employs tube locator blocks which are sandwiched around the rod for guiding the tubes into place in the end of the rod. A piston and cylinder arrangement is used to pull the rod downwardly through these blocks.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4647080 (1987-03-01), Sandt et al.
patent: 5364377 (1994-11-01), O'Neil
patent: 5800395 (1998-09-01), Botich et al.

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