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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert H Proctor, Baltimore, MD (US);
Ronald C Hardesty, Sykesville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Murray Corporation, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285 39 ; 285305 ; 285318 ; 285347 ; 285351 ;
Abstract
A quick-disconnect coupling for a pair of telescopic slidable tubular members has an annular garter spring trapped in a spring housing carried by one of the tubular members. The garter spring is adapted to be lodged between a right-angularly disposed flange on the spring housing and an upwardly-inclined annular flange formed on the end of the other tubular member. The respective flanges are arranged transverse to each other. The components of the coupling are formed conveniently and economically, without the necessity for expensive metal-forming dies, and are easily assembled.