Connector and socket
AssigneeSurpass Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasamichi Kobayashi, Masahiro Hasunuma
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Abstract
Provided is a connector including a plug and a socket. The socket includes: a socket body in which a second liquid outflow passage and a second liquid inflow passage are formed; a ball lock mechanism that is attached to the socket body and fixes the socket body to a key ring; and a switching mechanism that switches an open state and a closed state of a rotary valve. The switching mechanism includes an opening/closing arm that regulates releasing of the fixation of the socket body to the key ring by the ball lock mechanism in the open state.
Claims7
A connector to be attached to an opening of a liquid storing container, the connector comprising:
- a plug to be attached to the opening;
- and
- a socket to be detachably attached to the plug, wherein the plug includes:
- a plug body in which a first liquid outflow passage through which a liquid contained in the liquid storing container is drawn out and a first liquid inflow passage for guiding the liquid flowing in from an outside of the liquid storing container into the liquid storing container are formed,
- the socket includes:
- a socket body in which a second liquid outflow passage through which the liquid drawn out from the first liquid outflow passage flows to the outside and a second liquid inflow passage for guiding the liquid flowing in from the outside of the liquid storing container to the first liquid inflow passage are formed;
- a lock mechanism that is attached to the socket body and fixes the socket body to the opening;
- and
- a switching mechanism that switches an open state and a closed state, the open state being a state in which the first liquid outflow passage and the second liquid outflow passage communicate with each other and the first liquid inflow passage and the second liquid inflow passage communicate with each other, and the closed state being a state in which the first liquid outflow passage and the second liquid outflow passage do not communicate with each other and the first liquid inflow passage and the second liquid inflow passage do not communicate with each other, and
- the switching mechanism includes a regulating member that regulates releasing of the fixation of the socket body to the opening by the lock mechanism in the open state.
A socket to be detachably attached to a plug to be attached to an opening of a liquid storing container, the plug including a plug body in which a first liquid outflow passage through which a liquid contained in the liquid storing container is drawn out and a first liquid inflow passage for guiding the liquid flowing in from an outside of the liquid storing container into the liquid storing container are formed, the socket comprising:
- a socket body in which a second liquid outflow passage through which the liquid is drawn out from the first liquid outflow passage flows to the outside and a second liquid inflow passage for guiding the liquid flowing in from the outside of the liquid storing container into the first liquid inflow passage are formed;
- a lock mechanism that is attached to the socket body and fixes the socket body to the opening;
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- a switching mechanism that switches an open state and a closed state, the open state being a state in which the first liquid outflow passage and the second liquid outflow passage communicate with each other and the first liquid inflow passage and the second liquid inflow passage communicate with each other, and the closed state being a state in which the first liquid outflow passage and the second liquid outflow passage do not communicate with each other and the first liquid inflow passage and the second liquid inflow passage do not communicate with each other,
- wherein the switching mechanism includes a regulating member that regulates releasing of the fixation of the socket body to the opening by the lock mechanism in the open state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.