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Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 17, 2016
Applicant:

Dixon Valve & Coupling Company Inc., Chestertown, MD (US);

Inventors:

Matthew Micken, Millington, MD (US);

James Shifrin, Chestertown, MD (US);

Maximilian de Arriz, Chestertown, MD (US);

Edward Sander, Wilmington, DE (US);

Assignee:

Dixon Valve & Coupling Company, LLC, Chestertown, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/096 (2006.01); F16L 17/025 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 37/096 (2013.01); F16L 17/025 (2013.01);
Abstract

A quick-disconnect coupling including a hollow coupler body having opposite open ends and defining an adaptor-receiving socket therein, a gasket housed within the coupler body at a base of the adaptor-receiving socket, the gasket having a sealing ring and a bellows portion, and at least one locking tab connected to the coupler body such that the at least one locking tab is able to pivot relative to the coupler body between a locking position and an unlocking position for purposes of locking and releasing an adaptor to the coupler body.


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