Quick connect coupling with concentric configuration
AssigneeB.V. Holmatro Industrial Equipment
InventorChristiaan A. Schutz
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Abstract
A rapid-action coupling comprising a male part connected to a first and a third conduit and a female part connected to a second and a fourth conduit for releasable mutual connection of at least the first to the second conduit and also for releasable mutual connection of the third conduit to the fourth conduit. The male part and the female part of the rapid-action coupling each comprise a shell formed in one piece and a plurality of connecting channels. At least at the position of the separating surface between the male and the female parts, the connecting channels arranged in the parts are preferably concentric. According to another embodiment the first and the third conduit and the second and the fourth conduit are mutually concentric.
Claims14
Rapid-action coupling comprising:
- a male part connected to a first and a third conduit and a female part connected to a second and a fourth conduit for releasable mutual connection of at least the first conduit to the second conduit and the third conduit to the fourth conduit,
- said male part and said female part each comprise a one piece outer shell, connecting channels and an end face at an end thereof,
- at least a portion of each of the connecting channels within the male part are concentric and at least a portion of each of the connecting channels with the female part are concentric, and
- wherein the end face of each part is closed when said parts are separated by elements located in a single plane that is coextensive with said end face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.