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US 5,342,097 AGranted
Quick disconnect multi-line connector in a dental system
AssigneeMDT Corporation
InventorRichard W. Hanson
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Abstract
A quick disconnect multi-line utility connector including a first body member configured and sized to permit passage, end to end, through the hollow interior of an upstanding tubular mounting post. The first body member is connected to a second body member associated with primary utility support conduits at a junction box.
Claims10
A connector in combination with a multi-line dental utility delivery system in which a source for utilities is separated from a handpiece control head by secondary supply lines fed through a hollow post, said connector comprising:
- a first body member having a first planar mating surface at one side of said first body member, a plurality of spaced apart fittings projecting from a first exterior surface at the opposite side of said body member, a passage through each fitting continuing through said body member to said first planar surface;
- a second body member having a second planar surface at one side of said second body member, a plurality of spaced apart fittings projecting from a second exterior surface at the opposite side of said second body member, a passage through each fitting continuing through said second body member to said second planar surface;
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- connection means for releasably holding said first and second planar surfaces in juxtaposed relationship with said fittings of said first body member projecting in the opposite direction of said fittings of said second body member, and with said passages through each fitting of said first body member aligned with a passage through a fitting of said second body member;
- said first body member being configured and sized to permit its travel from end to end through the hollow interior of said post.
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For use in a dental operatory, the combination of
- a tubular mounting post having one end adapted to be fixed to a predetermined location;
- a tubular support arm or arms adapted to be attached to said tubular mounting post;
- a plurality of conduits, each adapted to be connected for fluid flow therethrough;
- a connector having a first body member with a plurality of passages extending therethrough, said plurality of conduits each being connected to said first body member at a passage therethrough, said first body member being sized to fit through each of said tubular post and arm, and a second body member having a plurality of passages therethrough;
- means to releasably secure said first and second body member together with said passages through said first body member aligned with said passages of said second body member;
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- means on said second body member for connecting fluid conduits thereto in alignment with said passages therethrough.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.