Title: Swivel hose coupling

Abstract: A swivel coupling for terminating the end of a hose made of resilient material, the coupling having a tubular nipple with a barbed end entering the hose and a cylindrical end extending from the hose and having an O-ring seal extending therearound, and the coupling including a screw threaded fitting surrounding the cylindrical end of the nipple and sealed thereto by the O-ring and having an annular abutment adjacent to the hose, and the coupling further including an annular collar, separable into sectors in the form of shell portions which surround the hose and squeeze it against the barbed nipple, the collar having a grooved structure overlying the annular abutment of the screw fitting and retaining the fitting close to the hose while permitting it to swivel with respect to its axis.

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Inventors: Campanini, Sergio (224 E. Miller Rd., Iola, KS, 66749)

Application Number: 06/193993
Filing Date: 1980-10-06
Publication_date: 1982-08-10
Assignee: Campanini, Sergio

Primary Class(es): 285/148.150 285/272, 285/179, 285/243
Other Classes: B60T17/04; F16L33/22; B60T17/00; F16L33/22
US Patent Ref:

0409066	August, 1889	Ravenel	285/243
0708117	September, 1902	Bowers	285/243
3073628	January, 1963	Cline et al.	285/243	Fitting
3191975	June, 1965	La Marre et al.	285/243	Hose fitting
3222091	December, 1965	Marshall	285/243	Pressure responsive fluid tight hose coupling
3367681	February, 1968	Braukman	285/174	Swivel fitting
4288110	September, 1981	Grenell	285/174	End fittings for flexible metallic conduits

Other Refs: GB972105GB1215980

October, 1964	285/272
December, 1970	285/256

Primary Examiner: Callaghan, Thomas F.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Dowell & Dowell

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