Pipe joints or couplings – With assembly means or feature – Guide and support
Patent
1985-01-28
1986-10-07
Arola, Dave W.
Pipe joints or couplings
With assembly means or feature
Guide and support
285 38, 2851371, 285312, 285316, 285920, F16L 3500
Patent
active
046155465
ABSTRACT:
A multiple connector fluid coupling includes a plurality of quick-connect fluid couplings and comprises a first plate adapted to support a plurality of male connector parts, a second plate adapted to support a plurality of female connector parts in alignment for registration with the male parts in the first plate, and a third plate adapted to engage displaceable sleeves on the female connector parts to simultaneously activate the sleeves. In one form of the invention, the second and third plates have elongated end portions so that the plates can be manually grasped and manipulated for positioning with respect to the first plate. In another form of the present invention, a manual lever-operated cam displaces the third plate with respect to the second plate so that a mechanical advantage can be provided for operating a plurality of large fluid connectors at one time. In still another form of the present invention, hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders are employed to displace the plates with respect to one another in order to simultaneously operate the individual fluid connector engagement mechanisms.
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Andre Paul R.
Knoblock Dennis F.
Nash Robert W.
Arola Dave W.
William H. Nash Co., Inc.
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