| CPC F16L 33/10 (2013.01) [F16L 37/084 (2013.01); F16L 25/08 (2013.01); F16L 37/18 (2013.01)] | 14 Claims |
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1. A hose connector, comprising:
a male fitting connected to a first hose and defining a male longitudinal through hole, wherein the male fitting comprises a male coupling portion and a first hose connection portion received within the first hose and the male coupling portion defines a recess; and
a female fitting defining a female longitudinal through hole, wherein the female fitting comprises a second hose connection portion received within a second hose, a female coupling portion, and defines a radial through hole through a wall of the female fitting; and
a locking member configured to be received through the radial through hole and into the recess thereby fastening the male fitting to the female fitting, wherein an outside diameter of the first hose connection portion is smaller than an outside diameter of the male coupling portion, the male fitting comprises a male transition portion at an angle greater than ninety degrees and less than one hundred and seventy degrees relative to the first hose connection portion, and wherein the female fitting comprises a female end transition portion that is adjacent to the male transition portion when the male fitting and the female fitting are connected and an angle defined by the female end transition portion is within thirty degrees of the angle defined by the male transition portion.
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