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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7431027 | Rotational quick release paintball hopper coupler An apparatus for releasably coupling a provided paintball hopper to a provided paintball marker. The apparatus includes a marker mount, a feed neck, a plurality of spheres, and a retaining sleeve. The marker mount includes an axial passage and a plurality of bores p... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7418958 | Quick release paintball hopper coupler An apparatus for releasably coupling a provided paintball hopper to a provided paintball marker. The apparatus includes a marker mount, a feed neck, a plurality of spheres, and a retaining sleeve. The marker mount includes an axial passage and a plurality of bores p... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7401679 | Adaptor for mounting a sound tube in an earpiece The present invention relates to mounting of a sound tube inside a shell of a hearing aid. The invention provides a sound tube adaptor, a tool for insertion of the adaptor and a method for attaching a sound tube to a shell, the sound tube adaptor facilitating attach... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7354079 | Connector A tube connector including a tubular connector body having an inboard contact surface facing an outboard open end, a collet extending into the open end and towards the contact surface, and an o-ring positioned between the collet and the contact surface. The o-ring p... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7270350 | Quick-connecting coupler for hoses, pipes and faucets A quick-connecting coupler for connecting hoses, connectors together or to a faucet or other water accessories that allows ease of use by anyone, including the elderly, the infirm, and those suffering from disabilities. The quick-connecting coupler has a first male-... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7222765 | Fuel cell adapter for a latch An insert seal for an adapter connectable to a fuel cell which is engageable upon a combustion tool fuel metering valve, the fuel cell having a stem and the metering valve having a nipple, includes a body defining a central passageway and having a first end sealable... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7201404 | Union nut with lock member Union nut (10) includes body (20) and lock member (50). Body (20) includes thread retaining end (30) with threads (33) for mounting upon a threaded pipe (120) and flange retaining end (40) including partial col... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7132910 | Waveguide adaptor assembly and method A flange adaptor assembly for coupling a waveguide to any number of flange interfaces, wherein the assembly includes a flange adaptor having a predetermined flange coupling interface. The flange adaptor of the present invention is constructed for engaging the common... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7089645 | Method of manufacturing a high pressure fluid quick connect A method of forming a fluid quick connect includes steps forming a housing having a split end retainer slidably mounted in a recess in at least one end of the housing. A first angular recess is formed in the housing adjacent the first end. The first recess communica... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7048309 | Pipe coupling A coupling for attachment to the end portion of a pipe includes jaw members adapted to slide along an inner end taper in the coupling body so that linear movement of the jaw members toward the end of the inner end taper adjacent an end of the coupling body causes mo... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6985057 | Quick turn-lock waveguide transition assembly A turn-lock waveguide transition assembly mountable to, for example, the feed assembly of an antenna. The transition assembly having a clamping groove which engages, for example, the heads of a plurality of clamping screws upon seating of the transition assembly ont... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6971684 | Fast coupling for irrigation systems, particularly domestic irrigation systems The invention relates to fast couplings for connecting hoses, particularly for domestic irrigation. A fast coupling is formed by a first body and a second body reciprocally connected by inserting first lugs projecting from the second body in first slots made on the ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6684906 | Quick connect/disconnect water faucet conduit assembly A quick connect/disconnect faucet water conduit assembly includes at least one valve body and a spout nipple. There is a water tube extending from the valve body and a water tube extending from the spout nipple. A conduit has first and second terminations... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6672626 | Corrugated pipe connection stabilizing apparatus The present invention provides an apparatus and method for stabilizing a joint between two sections of corrugated pipe. A first section of corrugated pipe is associated with a second section to form a joint. One flexible member with two ends is looped aro... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6601248 | Drain connector A drain connector includes a fixed unit (2) having a first drain conduit for permanent attachment to a drain pipe and a detachable unit (6) having a second drain conduit for attachment to a removable appliance (8). The fixed unit (2) includes a first drai... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6425607 | Connector for pipe sections A connecter (30) for connecting a pair of pipe sections (32,33) together. The connector (30) includes three internally threaded segments (58) which are mounted for sliding radial movement in the connector (30). The connector (30) is first mounted on an in... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6398268 | Pipe coupling for female screw A pipe coupling for a female screw to be connected to a female screw port formed in a fluid device, comprising a cylindrical main body. The main body includes a plurality of arm members having a male crew portion at a distal end to be connected to the fem... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6345431 | Joining thermoplastic pipe to a coupling A coupling comprises a tubular insert (20), having an external shoulder (22) and external circumferential projections (26) separated by circumferential grooves (28, 30), and a tubular sleeve (14) having a largest internal diameter less than the external d... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6338504 | Connector The connector comprises two body members for respective connection first and second entities, such as tubes, to be connected. The body members are mutually coupled by a first coupling arrangement on the first body member and a second coupling arrangement ... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6302446 | Union fitting replacement nut A union fitting replacement nut having a nut body and a peripheral strap. The nut body is formed from a pair of C-shaped members. The nut body is internally threaded to cooperate with the external threads of the union fitting to which the union replacemen... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6254769 | Aquarium maintenance system An aquarium-maintenance system has a transparent filtering canister (1) with quick-joint inlet attachment (3) and quick-joint outlet attachment (8) to transparent aquarium tubing (5, 13) together with a handle (14) to allow quick, convenient and clean rep... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6122777 | Apparatus for coupling fluid flow lines An apparatus for coupling fluid flow lines to a mobile sink unit or appliance. The apparatus includes a first part (2) for mounting on the mobile sink unit or appliance and a second part (4) for mounting on a wall. The first and second parts being separab... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6099044 | Clamping device, in particular for a male coupling The invention relates to a clamping device, in particular for a male coupling, with a substantially cylindrical housing, a clamping member mounted to be axially displaceable therein, and an actuation member which is arranged on the rear end of the housing... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5992903 | Swivelable quick connector assembly A swivelable quick connect assembly for use with tubular conduits is disclosed as comprising a housing having an axial bore for receiving one end of the conduit, an elastomeric ring-like seal disposed in the bore for providing a fluid-tight seal between c... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5732984 | Manually releasable quick connector A swivelable quick connect assembly for use with tubular conduits is disclosed comprising a housing having an axial bore for receiving one end of the conduit, an elastomeric ring-like seal disposed in the bore for providing a fluid tight seal between conf... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5570496 | Hose coupling insertion method The present invention teaches a simple and convenient hose end expansion device which slides within the hose end and is then quickly expanded by means of mechanical or hydraulic pressure, thereby stretching the hose end to a larger diameter. The device is... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5205002 | Coupling apparatus Apparatus for coupling to a free-standing washing unit feed lines for hot and cold water and a waste line for waste water includes a wall mountable connection unit supporting first and second service line base connector elements extending away from the wa... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5194156 | Water purifier faucet fitting An improved faucet having a quick disconnect adapter, fitting for connecting a sink faucet, to a water purifier which has a body (22) defining three passageways for receiving and retaining three jointly sheathed resilient tubes. Each passageway has a sepa... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5176415 | Taper fitting with protective skirt An apparatus for quickly disconnecting two tubular flow lines comprising first and second units including first and second tubular members which have mutually tapering interengagement surfaces, and end terminals, the members respectively associated with t... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5163215 | Method of connecting a tube to a device fitting An apparatus for connecting the end of a tubular body, particularly a chromatographic capillary tube, to a detection or injection device fitting comprises a holder having a ferrule for holding said tubular member and an insertion assembly to engage said d... | 11/17/1992 |
| 4966398 | Fluid conduit coupling A fluid conduit coupling adapted for quick connect and disconnect without special tools, and in which a safety latch is provided, comprises a first coupling body having a flanged end; a second coupling body sized and adapted to be joined with the first co... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4921258 | Adapter seal A seal for a fitting adapter for fluid couplings wherein a coupling probe is received within a recess within the other coupling half and the seal prevents the creation of subatmospheric pressures during withdrawal of the probe. The seal includes a lip or ... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4682513 | Repair kit for detent cables The invention is an improved repair device for detent cables. The repair device is made up as a kit for making such a repair to a detent cable, including the necessary instructions, a special repair component, a sealant, and a replacement O-ring. The repa... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4650529 | Quick release tube coupling The disclosure relates to a quick release tube couplings in which a collet with resilient arms is arranged to co-operate with a tapering cam surface in a member surrounding the collet to force the arms to grip a tube within the collet. The member is forme... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4599171 | Water purifier fitting and system A combination quick-disconnect female fitting adaptable for snap coupling to a corresponding male fitting connected to a tap water faucet, is provided which permits all the required attachments to a reverse osmosis (RO) water purifier to be made with the ... | 07/08/1986 |
| 4593937 | Device for connecting and disconnecting a tubular pipe movable inside a fixed tubular pipe A device for connecting and disconnecting a first tubular conduit mobile in longitudinal translation inside a second fixed tubular conduit of the type comprising a longitudinally sliding mobile piece and which, for locking, bearing by an inclined bearing ... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4538415 | Potential energy accumulating system using multiple types of energy input This potential energy accumulating system is of the type adapted to harness multiple sources of energy, including those of non-variable input such as from fuel and those of variable input, such as from the wind, the sun, the geothermal steam, animal power... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4489472 | Connection-disconnection device between one rigid pipe, inside well-tubing connected to a base by an articulated coupling, and another rigid pipe fixed to this base This invention concerns the connection and disconnection of well-pipes in an articulated structure level with the articulation. The device comprises a length of flexible pipe, at one end of which is an adapter containing a sealing device, a positioning device ... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4466551 | Closure device A releasable closure device adapted to provide sealing engagement between abutting surfaces by means of a rotatable locking ring comprising a plurality of locking lugs adapted to frictionally engage recessed locking channels disposed in said surfaces.... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4352251 | Hand operated suction dredge head and hydraulic submersible pump assembly A portable and lightweight suction dredge head which is held by a diver and is hand operated so as to be easily moved about in the working position. These heads are, for example of sizes from three inches to eight inches in intake diameter. The dredge hea... | 10/05/1982 |
