Patent ID: 6953354

Claim:
A connector for coupling a gases supply to a conduit, where said conduit is of the type that includes electrical wire extending within, throughout or about said conduit, said connector comprising: a female gases passage portion of a generally tubular shape attached in use to one of said gases supply or said conduit, said female portion including a locking connector and an electrical connector, a male gases passage portion of a generally tubular shape attached in use to the other of said gases supply or said conduit, said male gases passage portion including a locking connector receiver and an electrical connector receiver, said male gases passage portion and said female gases passage portion coupled in use to form a pneumatically sealed gases passage between said gases supply and said conduit, said coupling also engaging said electrical connector and said electrical connector receiver, a collar of generally tubular shave on said female portion, said collar capable of being moved over said female gases portion once said male and female gases passage portions are coupled in use, said collar causing said locking connector to engage with said locking connector receiver to releasably lock said male and female portions together.