| 摘要 |
A pipe connection assembly (600) including: (a) a housing (620); (b) a first opening (622) disposed within the housing (620), the opening having an inner surface adapted to receive a first end of a first pipe element (927); (c) an open-ended channel (630) disposed within a wall of the housing (620), the channel (630) having a wide cross- section (632) disposed distal to the first opening, and a narrow cross- section (634) disposed between the wide cross-section (632) and the first opening (622), the channel (630) fluidly communicating with the first opening (622) via the narrow cross-section (634); and (d) a lock pin (860) having a backbone (862) and a tooth (864) extending longitudinally therefrom, the backbone (862) adapted to be received by the wide cross-section (632), the tooth (864) adapted to be received by the narrow cross-section (634), the pin (860) adapted to be urged along the open ended channel (630), whereby a bottom edge (865) of the tooth (864) protrudes through the narrow cross- section (634) into the opening (622). |
