Quick disconnect water valve assembly
AssigneeLab Products, Inc.
InventorsLaszlo Huebscher, Eric A. Deitrich
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Abstract
A quick disconnect water valve includes a female housing for receiving a male coupling member. The female housing is formed with a channel therein providing a water pathway. An O-ring is disposed within the channel. The O-ring is disposed between a first sleeve and a second sleeve which aligns the O-ring relative to a male coupling member received by the female housing.
Claims13
A quick disconnect water valve comprising female housing means for receiving a male coupling member, said female housing means having a channel formed therein, an O-ring disposed within said channel, alignment means disposed within said channel for aligning said O-ring relative to said male coupling member and said female housing means, said alignment means including a first sleeve slideably disposed within said channel, a second sleeve slideably disposed within said channel, said O-ring being disposed between said first sleeve and second sleeve, wherein said channel permits the flow of a liquid through said female housing means.
The quick disconnect water valve of claim 4, wherein said plunger has a distal end and a spacer formed on said distal end.
A quick disconnect water valve comprising female housing means for receiving a male coupling member, said female housing means having a channel formed therein providing a water pathway through said female housing means, an O-ring disposed within said channel, alignment means disposed within said channel for aligning said O-ring relative to said male coupling member, said alignment means including a first sleeve slideably disposed within said channel and a second sleeve slideably disposed within said channel, said O-ring being disposed between said first sleeve and said second sleeve and plunger means disposed within said channel, said plunger means being disposable between a first position for preventing water from flowing through said channel to a second position for permitting water to flow through said channel, said plunger means including a plunger and a spring, said spring biasing said plunger towards said O-ring in said first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.