Abstract:
A portable pressure differential generating system having a portable flow accelerator (100) having with a high pressure region (110) with a first cross sectional area and a low pressure region (106) with a second cross sectional area, the first cross sectional area being larger than the second cross sectional area. The accelerator (100) further includes an accelerator low-pressure tap (104) in fluid connection with the low-pressure region (106) of the flow accelerator, the low-pressure tap (104) is adapted for fluid connection with a low-pressure port of a pressure-measuring device. The accelerator further includes an accelerator high-pressure tap (108) in fluid connection with the high-pressure region (110) of the flow accelerator (100), the high-pressure tap adapted for fluid connection with a high pressure port of a pressure measuring device. The system includes a portable pump (124) in fluid connection with the passage in the flow accelerator (100).
Abstract:
A fitting assembly for corrugated tubing (26) comprising a body (12) having first connecting means (20) , an insert (14) ; locking means (16) having second connecting means (36) ; and a resilient ring (18) . The insert (14) is sealingly engaged with the body (12) and includes a transition area of increased outside diameter. The locking means (20) includes an internally directed lip (42) ; a substantially conical section (38) ; and a retainer disposed between the second connecting means and the conical section (38) . The first and second connecting means (20,36) engage to removably secure the body (12) to the locking means (16) and to slide the ring (18) within the conical section (38) towards the lip (42) forcing the ring (18) to radially contract into a trough of a corrugated tube (26) and sliding the corrugated tube (26) onto the transition area. Further engagement of the first and second connecting means (20,36) causes the ring (18) to push on and collapse a ridge of the corrugated tube (26) against the transition area creating a seal therebetween.