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Caging system with slide bar operator for quick disconnect water fitting

  • US 5,474,024 A
  • Filed: 10/04/1994
  • Issued: 12/12/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An animal caging system comprising:

  • a rack supporting a cage box such that the cage box can be inserted into the rack and removed from the rack along an insertion path, the cage box having a first connection coupling at a rear of the cage box, facing forward along the insertion path;

    a supply conduit disposed on the rack, the supply conduit having a second connection coupling complementary to the first connection coupling, the first and second connection couplings being engageable and disengageable upon displacement of a movable locking structure associated with one of the first and second connection couplings;

    an actuator disposed on the cage box, the actuator having a movable element accessible from a front of the cage box and a contact element engageable with the locking structure of said one of the first and second connection couplings such that the locking structure is releasable manually by a user for at least one of engaging and disengaging the first and second connection couplings at the rear of the cage box.

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