Quick connect coupling
AssigneeDixon Valve and Coupling Company
InventorsMatthew Micken, James Shifrin, Sean Wilcox, William Wagers
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Abstract
A coupling for interconnecting pipes, hoses, or the like, includes a male coupling component configured to form a coupling with one or more female coupling components. The male coupling component comprises an annular, hollow body portion having a nose at one end defining an annular sealing surface and a locking ring mounted on an exterior of the body portion adjacent the nose. The locking ring has at least one slotted-opening extending longitudinally therethrough and is rotatable and translatable relative to and about the hollow body portion. A female coupling components is able to be locked to the male coupling component via engagement with the locking ring of the male coupling component.
Claims20
A coupling for interconnecting pipes, hoses, or the like, comprising a male coupling component and a female coupling component, said male coupling component comprising an annular, hollow body portion, which provides a nose at one end thereof defining an annular sealing surface, and a locking ring mounted on an exterior of said hollow body portion, said locking ring having at least one slotted-opening extending longitudinally therethrough and being rotatable and translatable relative to and about said hollow body portion.
A female coupling component of a coupling for interconnecting pipes, hoses, or the like, comprising an annular body portion for receiving a nose of a male coupling component and a front mating face including at least one shoulder bolt for extending through at least one slotted-opening of a locking ring of the male coupling component.
A female coupling component of a coupling for interconnecting pipes, hoses, or the like, comprising:
- an annular body portion, a yoke, and a camming mechanism;
- the yoke includes a slot for engaging a circumferentially-extending flange of a male coupling component;
- the camming mechanism includes a pair of opposed brackets interconnected by a handle and secured to an outer peripheral surface of the annular body portion of the female coupling component such that the brackets are able to pivot relative to the annular body portion between a locking position and an unlocking position;
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- each of the brackets includes a slot in which a bolt extending from an outer peripheral surface of the yoke is captured such that the bolt is slidable within the slot;
- whereby, when the bolts are located in distal ends of the slots relative to the annular body portion of the female coupling component, the male coupling component may be placed on or removed from the yoke, and when the bolts are slid to proximal ends of the slots relative to the annular body portion of the female coupling component, the nose of the male coupling component is driven into and locked within the annular body portion of the female coupling component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.