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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:
Jun. 03, 1997
Filed:
May. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Jacques Lacroix, Lovagny, FR;
Christophe Laporte, Doussard, FR;
Assignee:
Staubli Faverges, Faverges, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2511496 ; 251361 ;
Abstract
A quick disconnect coupler for releasably coupling pipes which incorporates a valve assembly including a valve sleeve, a ring surrounding the sleeve, a spring for resiliently urging the ring relative to the sleeve and a valve seat carried by the ring, which valve assembly may be inserted within a principal member of a female element of the connector and be frictionally retained therein until being mechanically retained by a rear member selectively insertable within the principal member.