Patent ID: 7258369

Claim:
Multicoupling device for lines, comprising coupling units ( 1 - 4 ), which are provided in a number corresponding to a number of connections to be produced and which each have a plug and a socket that receives the plug, and with first and second coupling parts ( 7 , 8 ), wherein the plug is fixed to one of the coupling parts and the socket of a corresponding coupling unit is fixed on the other of the coupling parts, wherein the coupling units are embodied as self-locking snap couplings, the sockets each have a locking collar ( 9 ), which can be displaced in relation to the socket, wherein the two coupling parts can be brought together and pressed apart by means of operating elements and can be fixed relative to each other in the coupling position, wherein the locking collars ( 9 ) of the corresponding coupling units ( 1 - 4 ) interact with a switch plate ( 11 ), which is common for all of the coupling units ( 1 - 4 ) and which lies between the two coupling parts ( 7 , 8 ), wherein the switch plate ( 11 ) can be adjusted relative to the first coupling part ( 7 ) in a closing and opening direction of the coupling units ( 1 - 4 ), and wherein the two coupling parts ( 7 , 8 ) can be moved relative to each other by at least one operating element ( 10 ) mounted on the switch plate ( 11 ) with engagement via at least one curved engagement slot ( 13 ) and a pin ( 14 ) formed on the first coupling part ( 7 ) into closed and open positions and can be mutually locked in the closed position, the operating element ( 10 ) is held on the switch plate ( 11 ) so that it can rotate about an axis ( 12 ) that extends parallel to a plane of the switch plate ( 11 ); the axis ( 12 ) for receiving the operating element ( 10 ) is formed by a shaft mounted in the switch plate ( 11 ) or by two shaft stumps; the shaft ( 18 ) engages in an elongated hole ( 19 ) in a wall part ( 20 ) of the second coupling part ( 8 ) in a region between the switch plate ( 11 ) and the operating element ( 10 ); and the switch plate ( 11 ) can move independent of the locking collars ( 9 ).