Air hose coupler housing
OwnerRobert Joseph Luciainventor
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Abstract
A hose coupler housing assembly for air and fluid hoses having an externally threaded cylindrical outer component (2) for mounting recessed on a planar surface encompassing a female quick connect coupler (1). The housing allows a user to insert or remove a male hose fitting into the coupler by depressing and releasing an inner component (3). A rotating dust cover (4) mounts to the top of the inner component with a screw (6) through a countersunk aperture (16) and protects the female quick connect coupler when not in use. The outer component is held to the planar surface with an internally threaded retaining ring (5) which mates to the externally threaded body of the outer component.
Claims11
An air hose coupling housing comprising:
- an outer component having a top, a planar bottom and a perimeter encompassing a hollow central portion, a beveled flange on a top of the perimeter and a circular access aperture in the bottom;
- a female air hose coupler protruding from an inner surface of the bottom of the outer component;
- a hex nipple extending through the circular access aperture in the bottom and threadably connected to the hose coupler;
- an inner component sized and shaped to be inserted into the hollow central portion of the outer component and having an aperture through the top for exposing the top of the female hose coupler;
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- a dust cover rotatably attached to the inner component, said dust cover having an access aperture for exposing the female hose coupler when said dust cover is rotated into alignment with the aperture in the top of the inner component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.