Patent ID: 6540263
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A rapid-action coupling for hoses and rigid lines with a coupling housing, a plug-in nipple and a locking element, when the coupling housing has a recess and an opening that extends essentially vertically with respect to the longitudinal axis of the recess, with a first end and a second end, wherein the plug-in nipple and the coupling housing can be connected by introducing the plug-in nipple into the recess, and this connection can be locked by introducing the locking element into the first end of the opening and engaging it, and wherein the locking element has means for releasing an engagement, characterized in that the means for releasing the engagement in the engaged state of the locking element is arranged in the locking element having an insertion end insertable into the opening, the releasing means operable from an end of the locking element opposite from the insertion end, the releasing means including a one-arm lever connected to a fulcrum located proximate the insertion end of the locking element, the locking element including a projection in functional connection with the releasing means for locking the locking element to the coupling housing, the projection positioned between the fulcrum and the releasing means on the locking element.