Patent ID: 8757589
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A valve assembly, comprising: a male member including a probe with at least one first fluid passageway, wherein each first fluid passageway has at least one exit aperture on a side face of the probe; and a female member including a socket for receiving the probe of the male member, the socket having at least one second fluid passageway wherein the or each second fluid passageway has at least one exit aperture arranged on an internal side face of the socket, at least one first closing member that is freely moveable between an open position in which the or each exit aperture is at least partially unobstructed and a closed position in which the or each exit aperture is fully obstructed, and a first securing means for releasably securing the first closing member to the probe in order to restrict relative movement between the first closing member and the probe; wherein the male member includes a second closing member arranged about the probe that is movable between an open position in which each exit aperture of the probe is at least partially unobstructed and a closed position in which the or each exit aperture of the probe is fully obstructed, and wherein the female member includes a second securing means for releasably securing the socket to the second closing member in order to restrict relative movement between the socket and the second closing member, and wherein the first securing means or the second securing means comprises two or more parts wherein at least one part of each securing means is pivotal towards or away from the other in order to engage and disengage the probe or second closing means respectively.