Tube testing connector

Details Tube testing connector Tube testing connector

1996-08-13

1998-09-01

Arola, Dave W.

Pipe joints or couplings

With assembly means or feature

Handle or handwheel for rotary engagement

285101, 285102, 285340, F16L 3500

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057999856

ABSTRACT:
A tube testing connector adapted to engage a tube for pressurization thereof including a hollow body defining an entrance aperture at one end thereof for insertion of a tube to be tested and a pressure aperture defined in an end cap positioned at the other end of the body in sealing engagement with the body. The tester further includes a chamber having disposed therein retention gripping means to initially grip the inserted tube prior to pressurization. The connector operates such that when the tube is pressurized, the components of the tube testing connector exert an increased gripping force on the outer diameter of the tube to be tested so as to secure it in place during the test procedure.

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