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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2004
Gary O. Klinger, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Gary O. Klinger, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A water supply shut off valve is mounted in a fluid quick connector carrying a retainer for releasably and latching an endform of an external fluid operative device or conduit to connect the fluid device to a water supply conduit fluidically coupled to the quick connector. The shut off valve is movably mounted in the cartridge between a fluid flow position in response to the full sealing insertion of the endform into the cartridge. In this position, an outlet of in the cartridge is fluidically coupled to a bore in a housing surrounding the cartridge and connected at one end to the water supply conduit. The cartridge is rotatably mounted in the housing such that an outlet in the cartridge is movable with respect to the bore in the housing between maximum fluid flow, intermediate fluid flow, and fluid flow blocking positions.