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US 5,342,098 AGranted
Multiple coupling device
AssigneeSnap-Tite, Inc.
InventorSteve Wilkins
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Abstract
A device for coupling a plurality of individual couplings includes a nipple plate with a plurality of individual male coupling components and a frame plate with a plurality of the individual female coupling components adapted to be coupled with the male coupling components. The frame and nipple plates are locked together prior to the individual male and female coupling components being coupled or uncoupled.
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A device for coupling a plurality of individual couplings, said individual couplings including male coupling components and complementary female coupling components, comprising:
- a nipple plate having a plurality of said individual male coupling components;
- a frame plate having a plurality of said individual female coupling components adapted to receive and be coupled with said male coupling components;
- means for locking said frame and nipple plates together prior to said individual male and female coupling components being coupled together;
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- means for coupling and uncoupling said male and female coupling components while said nipple and frame plates are locked together.
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