Hose coupling

A locking arrangement for a coupling in which a male coupling member provided with an external annular groove is adapted to be inserted into a bore of a female coupling member whose bore is in direct communication with the outer surface of the female coupling member by way of a cutout whose imaginary chord-like inner end intersects said bore, and which includes locking means for holding the male coupling member in its connected position relative to the female member with said cutout in substantial axial alignment with said external annular groove and normally operable to effect a locking action by extending through said cutout into said annular groove, and rotatable means on said female coupling member operable to engage with said locking means for withdrawing said locking means from said external annular groove to enable disengagement of said male coupling member from said female coupling member, characterized in that said locking means includes a stamped-out, generally flat sheet metal locking member loosely inserted into said cut-out, in that a second cut-out is provided in said female member which intersects with said first-mentioned cut-out, in that said rotatable means includes a rotatable cap-like member externally covering said two cut-outs and an actuating means integral with and projecting inwardly from said cap-like member, said actuating means being operable to move in said second cut-out during rotation of said cap-like member to engage with one end of said locking member and in that a compressible spring is provided directly between the inner surface of said cap-like member and the outwardly facing surface of said locking means which urges the locking member into its locking position.