Pressure discharge apparatus

A hand held pressure discharge apparatus for releasing pressure from a fluid pressure connector, the pressure discharge apparatus comprising:

• a hand held grasping assembly having a handle mounting an arm member of angulated configuration, said arm member further mounting a support frame;
• a capture unit pivotally mounted on the handle is adapted slidably to mount and support the fluid pressure connector for movement between a ready position and a pressure release position;
• a fluid receiving conduit having a reduced diameter portion dimensioned to be matingly received in a fixed operational attitude by the support frame, the fluid receiving conduit borne by the grasping assembly for releasable pressure discharging engagement with the fluid pressure connector in the pressure release position;
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• a lever member pivotally borne by the capture unit and operable to engage the grasping assembly adapted to urge the fluid pressure connector from the ready position to the pressure release position, said lever member urging the fluid pressure connector along an arcuate path of travel and positioning the fluid pressure connector in mating engagement with the fluid receiving conduit in the pressure release position.

A hand held pressure discharge apparatus adapted to release pressure from a fluid pressure connector having a nipple portion and a reduced diameter neck portion, the apparatus comprising

• a fluid receiving conduit having a main body that has formed therein an annular connector seat, a multiplicity of fluid receiving channels, a fluid discharge end, and a reduced diameter portion, the annular connector seat dimensioned to receive the nipple portion of the fluid pressure connector;
• a screw-threadably adjustable actuating member mounted substantially centrally and internally of the annular connector seat;
• an annular seal mounted for removably fitted receipt internally of the annular connector seat, the annular seal adapted sealably to mate with the nipple portion when the fluid pressure connector is received in the annular connector seat;
• a screw-threadable hose fitting mounted on and about the discharge end of the main body, the hose fitting disposed in fluid communication with the annular connector seat;
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• a hand held grasping assembly having a handle and an arm member of angulated configuration, the arm member mounting a frame conformably dimensioned slidably to receive the reduced diameter portion, and thereby affix the fluid receiving conduit in an operational attitude, and a capture unit pivotally mounted on the handle for receiving the reduced diameter neck portion of the fluid pressure connector, said capture unit having formed therein a vertically disposed channel which is conformably dimensioned slidably to receive the reduced diameter neck portion, the capture unit further pivotally mounting a lever member which is operable when depressed to urge the fluid pressure connector in an arcuate path of travel defined between a ready position, wherein the fluid pressure connector is disposed in fixed spaced relation to the annular connector seat, and a pressure release position, wherein the fluid pressure connector is substantially aligned with the main body and disposed in releasably sealable mating engagement with the annular connector seat.