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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 1986
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1985
Edgar Burns, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Automation Industries, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
A coupling ring is slideably received onto a cylindrical plug shell that is mateable with a receptacle. A removable end piece in the coupling ring end has an internal set of key ways which correspond to a complementary set of keys on the receptacle. The end piece has shallow recesses on its outer surface which align with passageways extending through the coupling ring. Each passageway has a metal ball of such diameter as to have parts thereof extending inwardly of the opening and into the end piece recesses. A locking ring is slidingly received over the outer end of the coupling ring and includes a first portion which contactingly engages each of the metal balls holding them in an inwardly extending relation into the recesses on the outer surface of the releasable portion (locked mode). The locking ring is movable to a second position in which an inner groove is aligned with each of the passageways extending through the coupling ring so as to release pressure on the metal balls (released mode).