Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Connector for a fluid conduction system and a fluid conduction system with a corresponding connector
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Application No.: US16067415Application Date: 2015-12-29
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Publication No.: US10724665B2Publication Date: 2020-07-28
- Inventor: Guenter Zettlitzer , Rudolf Albrecht
- Applicant: ECOLAB USA INC.
- Applicant Address: US MN Saint Paul
- Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Saint Paul
- Agency: Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/081351 WO 20151229
- International Announcement: WO2017/114563 WO 20170706
- Main IPC: F16L37/252
- IPC: F16L37/252 ; F16L37/30

Abstract:
The invention relates to a connector (10) for a fluid conduction system comprising: —a female coupling part (12); —a male coupling part (14) for inserting into the female coupling part (12) along a longitudinal axis (16) of the connector (10); and —controlling means for locking/unlocking the inserted male coupling part (12) within the female coupling part (14) and for controlling the fluidic coupling of the two coupling parts (12, 14) by rotating said two coupling parts (12, 14) against one another about the longitudinal axis (16); wherein a portion of each of the coupling parts (12, 14) is realized as a shut-off valve (18, 24) with a valve body (20, 26) and a rotatable slider element (22, 28), wherein the rotatable slider element (22, 28) of each shut-off valve (18, 24) is in a compulsory closed position when the two coupling parts (12, 14) are unlocked; and wherein the rotatable slider element (22, 28) of each shut-off valve (18, 24) is transferable between the closed position and an open position only if the two coupling parts (12, 14) are locked by use of the controlling means. The invention further relates to a corresponding fluid conduction system.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190011069A1 CONNECTOR FOR A FLUID CONDUCTION SYSTEM AND A FLUID CONDUCTION SYSTEM WITH A CORRESPONDING CONNECTOR Public/Granted day:2019-01-10
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