Pipe joints or couplings – With assembly means or feature – Guide and support
Patent
1995-12-14
1997-11-04
Arola, Dave W.
Pipe joints or couplings
With assembly means or feature
Guide and support
285305, 285319, 285921, F16L 3500
Patent
active
056831170
ABSTRACT:
A clip for retaining a conduit trapped in an end of a connector has a pair of resilient legs extending from an arcuate-shaped end member which occupies a relatively small amount of space around the periphery of the connector when the clip is connected thereto. Each of the legs includes an end finger which forms an acute angle with an outside edge of the leg and which locks around the outside of the connector housing when the clip is inserted in one of a pair of opposed slots or apertures formed in the housing. A guide tab extends from the end member and slides into a channel formed in the connector housing to insure that the clip faces the correct direction when inserted into the connector. The legs have chamfered inner front surfaces which slidably engage a front end of the conduit to allow the conduit to deflect the legs apart and slidably move between the legs. A flat back surface of the clip legs cooperates with an enlarged annular collar of the conduit to retain the conduit within the connector. The conduit is released by applying an inward pressure to the end member of the clip whereby a pair of nubs which extend from outer ends of the end member produce a camming action with the connector and deflect the legs outwardly a sufficient distance to allow the retaining collar of the conduit to pass between the legs with the clip remaining installed in the connector.
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Corbett Christopher H.
Welsh Thomas L.
Arola Dave W.
Flex Technologies, Inc.
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