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• US 3,124,157 A
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• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: N/A
• Original Assignee: N/A
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 137/583
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 15/4217 Fittings for water supply, e.g. valves or plumbing means to connect to cold or warm water lines, aquastops
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 285/924 Vented
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/86292 System with plural openings, one a gas vent or access opening

Claims

1. A COUPLING FOR CONNECTING A RECEIVER TO A TUBULAR FIXTURE ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE, (A) MEANS PROVIDING A RECESS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID FIXTURE;

(B) A BODY HAVING AN INLET FOR RECEIVING FLUID FLOW FROM SAID FIXTURE AND AN OUTLET FOR CONNECTION TO SAID RECEIVER;

(C) RESILIENT MEANS SECURED TO SAID BODY AND ENGAGEABLE IN SAID RECESS TO SECURE SAID BODY TO SAID FIXTURE WITH THE INLET OF SAID BODY IN COMMUNICATION THEREWITH;

(D) NORMALLY CLOSED VALVE MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID BODY FOR RELIEVING FLUID PRESSURE THEREIN;

AND (E) UNITARY MEANS EXTENDING LATERALLY FROM SAID BODY FOR ACTUATING BOTH SAID VALVE MEANS AND SAID RESILIENT MEANS, (F) SAID UNITARY MEANS BEING MANUALLY MOVABLE IN A SINGLE DIRECTION FOR FIRST ACTUATING SAID VALVE MEANS TO RELIEVE PRESSURE WITHIN SAID BODY AND THEREAFTER EFFECTING DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID RESILIENT MEANS.