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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:
Dec. 20, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard J Medvick, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
Swagelok Quick Connect Co., Hudson, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285 45 ; 285316 ;
Abstract
A protective device for a quick connect coupling having selectively connectable male and female coupling bodies. The device includes a generally cylindrical sleeve extending axially beyond and radially outward of an end face of one of the male and female coupling bodies. The sleeve has a generally radially outward tapering conformation to add desired rigidity and bulk thereto. The protective device is designed to extend axially outward beyond either the female receiving member or the male stem portion in both a first outermost biased position and a second innermost position.