Patent ID: 7455330

Claim:
A quick coupling comprising: a sleeve-shaped coupling body having a longitudinal axis and a receiving opening to receive one end of a pipe, a retaining element to hold the end of the pipe in the coupling body wherein the retaining element is formed of a material harder than that of the pipe and comprises a flange portion having a plurality of teeth extending radially inward at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis which contact the pipe and prevent the pipe from being pulled out of the coupling, a sealing element in the form of a ring with a rectangular profile in cross section to seal the pipe against the coupling body, wherein the sealing element has an annular groove and sealing beads and constrictions are formed on the sealing element, and a securing element to secure the connection between the pipe and the coupling body wherein the sealing element is located between the retaining element and the coupling body, first and second annular locking ribs adjacent to the receiving opening and located one behind the other on an external surface of the coupling body, which ribs extend outwards in a radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis and interact with the securing element for the purpose of securing a connection between the pipe and the coupling body, the first locking rib, which is adjacent to the end of the coupling body, having a smaller external diameter than the second locking rib, which is between the first locking rib and a stop of the coupling body, the securing element comprising two rings, which have different diameters and are arranged to lie one inside the other and are, in cross section, in the form of a U and are attached to one another to form a single unit, the rings comprising a radially inner ring, and a radially outer ring and wherein locking projections oriented radially inwards on the radially outer ring of the securing element interact with the locking ribs of the coupling body for the purpose of locking a pipe in place.