Pipe joints or couplings – With assembly means or feature – Molded joint facilitator
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-02
2007-01-02
Bochna, David (Department: 3679)
Pipe joints or couplings
With assembly means or feature
Molded joint facilitator
C285S124400, C285S256000, C285S286100
Reexamination Certificate
active
10412050
ABSTRACT:
A connector assembly for creating a plastic tube joint in a length of plastic tubing having a distal end, a proximal end and a hollow lumen includes forming a flare in the tube proximate the proximal end thereof by means of a flared ferrule disposed in the lumen and defining a void between the flare and the proximal end of the tubing, the void being defined between the ferrule and a collet, the tubing contracting into the void, and forming a neck between the ferrule and the collet proximate the ferrule flare, the neck substantially permanently capturing the tubing contracted into the void; and substantially permanently bonding the collet to a connector body. A connector assembly for simultaneously forming a plastic tube joint in a pair of plastic tubes is further included as is a method for simultaneously forming a plastic tube joint in a pair of plastic tubes.
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3M Innovative Properties Company
Bardell Scott A.
Bochna David
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