Quick-coupling connector
First Claim
1. A quick-coupling connector for an air valve, said connector comprising a hollow body having a first orifice adapted to be connected to the air valve and a second orifice in communication with said first orifice and adapted to be connected to a hose for supplying compressed air, an operating member, mounting means rockably mounting said operating member on said body about a pivot axis, a spring biasing said operating member to an operative position, a clamping member for clamping the air valve to said body, said clamping member being controlled by said operating member and being slidably mounted on said body between a clamping position under the bias of said spring for temporarily securing said connector to the air valve and a retracted position for positioning said connector on and removing said connector from the air valve, the improvement wherein said operating member and said spring are of one-piece molded construction with there being a strap defining said spring and joining said operating member to said body.
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Abstract
A quick-coupling connector for an air valve comprising, in one-piece molded plastic construction, a body for receiving the air valve, an operating member rockably mounted on the body about a pivot axis, a strap which defines a preloaded leaf spring joining the operating member to the body and defining a preloaded leaf spring for urging a clamping member carried by the operating member toward a clamping position.
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- 1. A quick-coupling connector for an air valve, said connector comprising a hollow body having a first orifice adapted to be connected to the air valve and a second orifice in communication with said first orifice and adapted to be connected to a hose for supplying compressed air, an operating member, mounting means rockably mounting said operating member on said body about a pivot axis, a spring biasing said operating member to an operative position, a clamping member for clamping the air valve to said body, said clamping member being controlled by said operating member and being slidably mounted on said body between a clamping position under the bias of said spring for temporarily securing said connector to the air valve and a retracted position for positioning said connector on and removing said connector from the air valve, the improvement wherein said operating member and said spring are of one-piece molded construction with there being a strap defining said spring and joining said operating member to said body.
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