Patent ID: 6290238
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
An improved air brake hose coupling member having a generally tubular body with a neck at one end adapted to be connected to an air hose, an arcuate flange projected outwardly from the other end of the body for interlocking with a second air brake hose coupling member, and a bore having a bore diameter and extending through the generally tubular body from the flange to the neck and including a bore and a recess at the flange thereof, the improvement comprising a gasket insertable within the recess which is sealable with a similar gasket in the second air brake hose coupling member, the gasket having a tubular body with a flange having a tapered edge stepped into a first tapered region and a second tapered region for abutting a gasket on the second air brake hose coupling member and extending radially outward therefrom and having an outer diameter exceeding the bore diameter.