Patent ID: 6921113
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: B29C,B67D,F16L

Abstract:
1. Connector assembly for optionally allowing a free-flowing medium to pass through, comprising: a hollow female element ( a male element ( an adapter socket ( 5 ), inside which the female element ( 1 ) can be displaced in axial direction between a position in which it closes off the flow of medium and in which the passage openings ( 11 ) are closed off by the adapter socket ( 5 ), and a position in which it allows medium to flow through and in which the passage openings ( 11 ) are not closed off by the adapter socket ( 5 ), in which assembly the female element ( 1 ) is provided, at a distance from the transverse closure wall ( 9 ), with connecting means ( 17 ) which can form a connection with connecting means ( 55 ) arranged on the male element ( 3 ), and in which assembly, as a result of actuation of the male element ( 3 ), the female element ( 1 ) can be displaced between the above-mentioned position in which it closes off the flow of medium and the above-mentioned position in which it allows medium to flow through, in which latter position the connecting means ( 17 , 55 ) of the female element ( 1 ) are accommodated in a relatively narrow cavity ( 28 ) in the adapter socket ( 5 ), so as to form a connection to the male element ( 3 ), while in the above-mentioned position in which the flow of medium is closed off, said connecting means ( 17 , 55 ) are accommodated in a relatively wide cavity ( 32 ) in the adapter socket ( 5 ), with the result that the connection between the female element ( 1 ) and the male element ( 3 ) can be broken, characterized in that the coupling between the female element ( 1 ) and the male element ( 3 ) takes place by pushing the connecting means ( 17 ) of the female element ( 1 ) and the connecting means ( 55 ) of the male element ( 3 ) on each other by which at least one of said connecting means ( 17 , 55 ) deviates in radial direction from a neutral elastically non-loaded position and elastically returns in the radial direction into the coupling position.