Measuring and testing – Vehicle chassis – Steering
Patent
1984-06-25
1986-07-08
Myracle, Jerry W.
Measuring and testing
Vehicle chassis
Steering
73756, 374145, G01M 1500
Patent
active
045985812
ABSTRACT:
A quick connect diagnostic system is disclosed for detecting the pressure and temperature of fluid streams flowing in fluid flow passages in engines or the like. A plurality of female portions of the quick connect mechanisms, which include foot valves, are permanently connected to different fluid flow passages in the engine. During normal operation of the engine dust caps are locked in the female portions and include at least one O-ring seal to cooperate with the foot valve to assist in preventing leakage. When testing for temperature or pressure of the fluids, temperature probes or pressure probes with transducers thereon, are inserted into the associated female portions causing O-ring seals to seal the quick connect coupling prior to contacting and opening the foot valves which subject the pressure probes to the fluid pressure in the associated passages, and which project the ends of the temperature probes into the flow streams being tested. The transducers are connected to a test meter which provides accurate readouts for the pressures and temperature in the several passages being tested. Several embodiments of quick connect coupling are disclosed for use alone as a sub-combination, or for use in the system.
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The American Heritage Dictionary, 1982, Second College Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 516.
An unidentified page from a brochure illustrating quick disconnect couplings.
FMC Corporation
Megley R. B.
Moore A. J.
Myracle Jerry W.
Raevis Robert R.
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