Patent ID: 7354077
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. An outer assembly for a quick connect/disconnect coupling, said outer assembly being adapted to accommodate and engage an inner member having a passage there through and a surface at one end of the passage adapted to seal on a surface of the outer assembly, said inner member having an exterior surface with a recess thereon, said outer assembly comprising an outer member having a channel with a central axis extending therein adapted to receive the inner member, and a sealing surface adapted to abut and seal on the sealing surface of the inner member when the inner member is disposed and engaged within the channel of the outer member, a plurality of cams pivotally mounted on the outer member on pivotal axes exterior to the outer member and normal to the central axis of the channel, said outer member having a slot extending there through confronting and adapted to accommodate each cam, each cam having a lever arm extending there from and being rotatable between a closed position in which the lever arm is disposed adjacent to the exterior surface of the outer member and the cam extends through the confronting slot and is adapted to engage the inner member, and an open position in which the lever arm is disposed remote from the surface of the outer member and the cam is withdrawn from the passage, and a strap mounted on the outer assembly of sufficient length to encircle the outer member on a plane generally normal to the axis of the channel in the outer member, said strap having means to attach two spaced portions of the strap to each other to secure the strap tightly about the outer assembly.