Coupling components

A female coupling component adapted to be alternately coupled to and released from a male coupling component including a tubular male coupling member, said female coupling component comprising an inner tubular female coupling member including a first end and a second end, said first end of said inner tubular female coupling member including a tubular orifice having a size adapted to frictionally engage said tubular male coupling member when inserted therein, said second end of said inner tubular female coupling member including adapter means for connection to a tube member, and an outer tubular female coupling member including an inner passage adapted to engage the outer surface of said inner tubular female coupling member, said outer tubular female coupling member being substantially rigid and said inner female coupling member being substantially resilient as compared to said outer tubular female coupling member and being axially compressible, whereby axial movement of said outer tubular female coupling member so as to be coupled to said male coupling component carries said inner tubular female coupling member therewith, and said inner tubular female coupling member may be axially compressed thereby, and wherein said first end of said outer tubular female coupling member includes inwardly projecting flange means for engaging said first end of said inner tubular female coupling member so as to axially compress said inner tubular female coupling member upon the decoupling of said male coupling component from said female coupling component.

Coupling apparatus comprising a female coupling component and a male coupling component for alternately coupling thereto and releasing therefrom, said male coupling component having a first end and a second end, said first end of said male coupling component including a tubular male coupling member extending therefrom, said female coupling component comprising an inner tubular female coupling member including a first end and a second end, said first end of said inner tubular female coupling member including a tubular orifice having a size adapted to frictionally engage said tubular male coupling member upon coupling of said male coupling component to said female coupling component, said second end of said inner tubular female coupling member including adapter means for connection to a tube member, and an outer tubular female coupling member including an inner passage adapted to engage the outer surface of said inner tubular female coupling member, said outer tubular female coupling member being substantially rigid and said inner tubular female coupling member being substantially resilient as compared to said outer tubular female coupling member and being axially compressible, whereby axial movement of said outer tubular female coupling member so as to be coupled to said male coupling component carries said inner tubular female coupling member therewith, and said inner tubular female coupling member may be axially compressed thereby.

Coupling apparatus comprising a female coupling component and a male coupling component for alternately coupling thereto and releasing therefrom, said male coupling component having a first end and a second end, said first end of said male coupling component including a tubular male coupling member extending therefrom, said female coupling component comprising an inner tubular female coupling member including a first end and a second end, said first end of said inner tubular female coupling member including a tubular orifice having a size adapted to frictionally engage said tubular male coupling member upon coupling of said male coupling component to said female coupling component, said second end of said inner tubular female coupling member including adapter means for connection to a tube member, and an outer tubular female coupling member including an inner passage adapted to engage the outer surface of said inner tubular female coupling member, said outer tubular female coupling member being substantially rigid and said inner tubular female coupling member being substantially resilient as compared to said outer tubular female coupling member and being axially compressible, whereby axial movement of said outer tubular female coupling member so as to be coupled to said male coupling component carries said inner tubular female coupling member therewith, and said inner tubular female coupling member may be axially compressed thereby, and wherein said first end of said outer tubular female coupling member includes inwardly projecting flange means for engaging said first end of said inner tubular female coupling member so as to axially compress said inner tubular female coupling member upon the decoupling of said male coupling component from said female coupling component.

Coupling apparatus comprising a female coupling component and a male coupling component for alternately coupling thereto and releasing therefrom, said male coupling component having a first end and a second end, said first end of said male coupling component including a tubular male coupling member extending therefrom, said female coupling component comprising an inner tubular female coupling member including a first end and a second end, said first end of said inner tubular female coupling member including a tubular orifice having a size adapted to frictionally engage said tubular male coupling member upon coupling of said male coupling component to said female coupling component, said second end of said inner tubular female coupling member including adapter means for connection to a tube member, and an outer tubular female coupling member including an inner passage adapted to engage the outer surface of said inner tubular female coupling member, said outer tubular female coupling member being substantially rigid and said inner tubular female coupling member being substantially resilient as compared to said outer tubular femal coupling member and being axially compressible, whereby axial movement of said outer tubular female coupling member so as to be coupled to said male coupling component carries said inner tubular female coupling member therewith, and wherein said male coupling component further includes female coupling means annularly surrounding said tubular male coupling member, and wherein said first end of said outer tubular female coupling member includes male coupling means for cooperative engagement with said female coupling means of said male coupling component, whereby said inner tubular female coupling member will be axially compressed when said female coupling means of said male coupling component receives said male coupling means of said female coupling member, and wherein said first end of said outer tubular female coupling member includes second axial compressing means for further axial compression of said inner tubular female coupling member.

A female coupling component adapted to be releasably coupled to a male coupling componenet including a tubular male coupling member, said female coupling component comprising an inner tubular female coupling member having a first end and second end, said first end of said inner tubular female coupling member including a tubular orifice having an internal wall adapted to frictionally engage said tubular male coupling member upon insertion thereinto, said second end of said inner tubular female coupling member including adapter means for connection to a tube member, and an outer tubular female coupling member including an inner passage having an interior surface adapted to engage the outer surface of said inner tubular female coupling member, said outer tubular female coupling member geing substantially rigid, said inner tubular female coupling member geing substantially resilient as compared to said outer tubular female coupling member, whereby axial movement of said outer tubular female coupling member so as to be coupled to said male coupling component carries said inner tubular female coupling member therewith, said outer tubular female coupling member further including inwardly projecting flange means for engaging said first end of said inner tubular female coupling member so as to axially compress said inner tubular female coupling member upon the decoupling of said male coupling component from said female coupling component and clearance means for providing a clearance between at least a portion of said first end of said outer tubular female coupling member and said first end of said inner tubular female coupling member so as to facilitate said axial compression of said inner tubular female coupling member upon said decoupling of said male coupling component from said female coupling component.