Pipe joints or couplings – Essential catch – Leaf spring
Patent
1995-02-21
1996-12-24
Nicholson, Eric K.
Pipe joints or couplings
Essential catch
Leaf spring
285313, 285305, F16L 3714
Patent
active
055867928
ABSTRACT:
A quick connector coupling for a fluid line includes a hollow female connector body which receives a tubular male member with a raised annular upset. A retainer is demountably coupled to the connector body. The retainer includes two spaced beams which extend through slots in the connector body from a cross member postioned outside of the connector body. The beams are positioned between the upset and an end of the connector body, and have a relaxed spacing less than the upset diameter such that the male member is secured in the connector body. A release protrusion projects from each retainer beam between the cross member and the connector body. The release protrusions have cam surfaces cooperable with an external surface of the connector body to spread the retainer beams apart when the cross member is pressed toward the connector body.
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Kalahasthy Gopichand
Zinke, II James R.
Bundy Corporation
Nicholson Eric K.
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