The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1986
Bruce Renfrew, Leicester, GB;
Hozelock-ASL Limited, Aylesbury, GB;
Abstract
A hose coupling has a tubular body (10) one end of which is intended to be attached to the end of a hose-pipe (14), and the other end of which has a bore (12) to receive the spigot (20) of a co-operating coupling (22) which is retained in the bore with a snap action. Three locking members (38) project into the bore (12) to hold the spigot (20) therein, and a locking sleeve (24) can be moved axially of the body (10) to force the locking members (38) to a release position, enabling the spigot (20) to be withdrawn from the bore to separate the couplings. The locking members (38) are interconnected by a ring (26) attached to the end of the body (10), and during assembly of the coupling the body (10) and the ring (26) interengage with a snap action to retain the ring (26) in fixed relationship to the body (10) and to hold the sleeve (24 ) captive on the body (10).