PIPE FITTING ASSEMBLY
A swaged pipe fitting (13) has a tail (15) extending from a shoulder (31) of the fitting. The tail (15) having a plurality of sealing ribs (21) to engage with a pipe (not shown) as it is pushed over the tail and below a swageable collar (not shown in Figure 1) attached to the fitting (13), and a threaded indication system (37) to help the installer feel for a positive engagement and to hold the pipe securely on the fitting until the collar is swaged over the end of the pipe. The threaded indication system (37) has one or more external asymmetric threads (37) situated between the sealing ribs (21) of the fitting and a shoulder (31) of the fitting, and engagement with the threads (37) can be felt in a plurality of ways to help the installer to make secure joints with greater consistency.