QUICK CONNECTOR HAVING RING FOR CONFIRMING PROPER CONNECTION - Patent 0824646

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EP 0 824 646 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	25.02.1998 Bulletin 1998/09

(21)	Application number: 95914901.0

(22)	Date of filing: 27.03.1995

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

F16L 37/ 12^{( . )}
F16L 37/ 084^{( . )}
F16L 37/ 098^{( . )}

F16L 11/ 04^{( . )}
F16L 37/ 092^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1995/003798

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/030688 (03.10.1996 Gazette 1996/44)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(71)	Applicant: PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGY, INC.
	Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302-7048 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	BARTHOLOMEW, Donald, D. Mt. Clemens, MI 48045 (US)

(74)	Representative: Price, Nigel John King
	J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5LX London WC1R 5LX (GB)

(54)	QUICK CONNECTOR HAVING RING FOR CONFIRMING PROPER CONNECTION