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Release tool for quick connector with integral release member

  • US 5,537,727 A
  • Filed: 09/28/1994
  • Issued: 07/23/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A tool, fitting and connector combination, the combination comprising:

  • a fitting having a raised annular flange ..Spaced from one end;

    a connector having a housing with an open first end and a second end, the housing mountable over the fitting;

    a retainer carried in the connector, the retainer having deflectable legs engageable with the annular flange to couple the fitting and the connector;

    a release member slidably carried on the fitting and having first and second ends, the first end slidable into the connector to engage and deflect the deflectable legs of the retainer radially outward from the annular flange to enable separation of the fitting and the connector; and

    tool means for effecting axially sliding of the release member into the connector, the tool means including;

    first and second pivotally connected jaw levers, each having a bifurcated jaw end with an open ended aperture respectively sized for engagement with the second end of the connector and about the fitting adjacent the second end of the release member such that pivotal movement of the jaw ends in a direction causing relative closing movement of the jaw ends toward each other simultaneously causes the jaw ends to engage the second end of the connector and the second end of the release member to effect axial movement of the retainer relative to the connector to axially urge the first end of the release member into engagement with the deflectable legs of the retainer in the connector to de-couple the deflectable legs from the fitting to enable separation of the fitting and the connector.

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