Title: Universal joint connector

Abstract: A connector construction employs a tail piece having a ball end, a socket element having a distendable end adapted to be snapped over said ball end and a coupling nut adapted to house the ball end and socket while threadedly engaging a pipe distal end to be connected thereto. The nut, when threaded into engagement with the pipe element, urges the socket element into fluid sealing engagement with the ball end and nut regardless of the angular disposition of the tail piece relative to the pipe element. The provided connector is particularly adapted for use with water meters or in similar applications in which spaced pipe ends or conduits to be interconnected by an interposed meter or the like are misaligned.

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Inventors: Coel, Joseph B. (Menomonee Falls, WI, US)

Application Number: 420619
Filing Date: 1973-11-30
Publication_date: 1976-01-13
Assignee: Badger Meter, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI)
Primary Class(es): 285/30 285/271, 285/354
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

717882	Jan, 1903	Martin	285/271.
1914736	Jun, 1933	Coutu	285/271.
1985502	Dec, 1934	Isenberg	285/261.
1997845	Apr, 1935	Adams	285/30.
2031878	Feb, 1936	Coutu	285/271.
2422597	Jun, 1947	Stewart	285/261.
2704678	Mar, 1955	Klein et al.	285/261.
3033596	May, 1962	Pearring	285/261.
3115354	Dec, 1963	Bowan et al.	285/52.
3361450	Jan, 1968	Franck	285/354.
3479061	Nov, 1969	Smookler et al.	285/263.

Other Refs: 158,9081,114,891

Feb, 1933	CH
Dec, 1955	FR

Primary Examiner: Callaghan, Thomas F.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Neuman, Williams, Anderson & Olson