Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Socket tool for servicing fluid connectors
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Application No.: US14612128Application Date: 2015-02-02
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Publication No.: US09989185B2Publication Date: 2018-06-05
- Inventor: Stuart J. Boland , Dilan Nirushan Fernando , Sean K. Fitzsimons
- Applicant: Stuart J. Boland , Dilan Nirushan Fernando , Sean K. Fitzsimons
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Duft Bornsen & Fettig LLP
- Main IPC: F16L55/18
- IPC: F16L55/18 ; B25B13/06 ; B25B27/24

Abstract:
Socket tool for servicing fluid connectors. In one embodiment, a tool includes a body having a hollow recess at one end. The hollow recess has non-circular dimensions for rotating a head fitting of the fluid connector about an axis. The tool further includes a pin that mounts to a surface inside the hollow recess so that the pin is disposed in an axial direction along a center of the axis. The pin enters an aligned opening of a nozzle of the fluid connector and occupies a conduit space in the nozzle when the hollow recess is engaged with the head fitting of the fluid connector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160221160A1 SOCKET TOOL FOR SERVICING FLUID CONNECTORS Public/Granted day:2016-08-04
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