Male coupling for connecting to female threaded coupling

Details Male coupling for connecting to female threaded coupling Male coupling for connecting to female threaded coupling

2007-09-24

2009-08-04

Hewitt, James M (Department: 3679)

Pipe joints or couplings

Screw

Interrupted thread

C285S034000, C285S086000, C285S089000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07568737

ABSTRACT:
A male coupling is connectable to and separable from a female threaded coupling. The female threaded coupling includes a sealing surface and a receiving portion sized to receive at least a portion of the male coupling, where the receiving portion has internal threads provided therein. The male coupling includes a body having a passageway extending therethrough and a locking member disposed about the body and configured to move between locking and releasing positions. The locking member has a retaining formation configured to engage the internal threads of the female threaded coupling when the locking member is in its locking position. After insertion of the male coupling into the female threaded coupling, the retaining formation of the locking member engages one or more of the internal threads in the female threaded coupling when the locking member is in its locking position.

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