Patent ID: 8256743

Claim:
A female element of a quick coupling for releasably joining together an upstream pipe and a downstream pipe conveying a fluid under pressure, the female element being suitable for receiving a male coupling engaged therein along a longitudinal axis thereof, the female element comprising a latch that is movable relative to a body of the female element between a first position in which it retains the male coupling in a position of leaktight coupling with an internal passage in the female element and a second position in which it retains the male coupling in a position for purging the downstream pipe, the female element also including a control member for controlling movement of the latch at least towards the second position, the control member being slidably mounted in a bore that opens to outside the body of the female element, and wherein the female element includes a gasket for closing a gap defined between an outer face of the control member and an inside face of the bore.