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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2020
Engineered Controls International, Llc, Elon, NC (US);
Tracy N. Tickle, Gibsonville, NC (US);
Jeffrey S. Howard, Elon, NC (US);
Chad Thomas, Summerfield, NC (US);
Engineered Controls International, LLC, Elon, NC (US);
Abstract
A rapid connect coupler for connecting a fluid holding tank to a receptacle in a non-rotatable manner can include a housing, a probe configured to translate in a longitudinal direction within the housing, and a handle assembly configured to cause the probe to translate within the housing. The handle assembly can be movable between a plurality of positions corresponding to decoupled, coupled and venting positions. The coupler can also include a slidable sleeve coupled to an outer surface of the probe and configured to translate with the probe in the longitudinal direction, the sleeve including a collar configured to engage the receptacle in the coupled and uncoupled positions to prevent rotation of the coupler with respect to the receptacle when the two components are engaged to one another.