Patent ID: 7011342

Claim:
A device for coupling an end of a hose to a member, the device comprising a body provided with an internal channel opening out into a chamber having quick-connection means for connecting the end of the hose to the channel, the quick-connection means comprising a washer with teeth disposed in the chamber and associated with a tubular disconnection pusher which is mounted to slide inside the chamber and which possesses a drive end projecting outside the body, and an opposite end for lifting the teeth, the device comprising a sleeve for protecting the connection, which sleeve comprises in axially consecutive manner: a portion for connection to the body which is axially in abutment against the body for preventing engagement of the connection portion and which extends axially so as to project from the body around the drive end of the pusher; a hose guide portion which is secured to the connection portion via an end opposite from the body and which extends beyond the drive end of the pusher coaxially with the internal channel; and a tubular portion for supporting the hose, extending the guide portion away from the connection portion, wherein the tubular portion for supporting the hose has a wall pierced by a slot extending helically along said tubular portion.