claim: l@ A @(ose-eo,,Ilplino- comprising a. tillj,,ular fem.Rie mqmb.er htving aii ldr ei-td f4ce, a bore e trgpment spvo . ce@d from the, elia @iii -:f@ce 110 by -seo-mental ribs, whose ends are % p,a , apart to fcrm to:Rgitticiiiiol s@lcts e T)@om the end face to the bore eul-argemi@nt, tl-.,Le inner sidq@a-. of saicl, ribs beiltg lpxovwe into the en witl-i re6esses opening iarg" wnt, 115 a ttibular m inem b..er haviag an e,4 g portion forl-nqd, to eiite, i@@Lid bqrp, -si@.d., PjK)- i,-idied wit@4 sttids, Odtpted @o, be movw, 'for@,wara tl-irougli $ iCl E@lotS, Ia@terally j, .1 a @, -1... said edla-rgement, a-ncl,- baek.. ard i4 " s' . r'- 120 o _ai + e, cesses, aiid wi-th an enlargem- ent spac4 -ro - f - j@p@ said, stilds and-@ forT.Pin- a s(pri--ac,@ @vhu. ti a 1-ieliml- spring eu@teriug port-ion between th aiid seated at one'eiict on said abtitmen@ ead 125 an aniiular h@-,kd t@e y entering p.QrtiQiR - R.ad. iiite@,@osed, betwelej@x the. Q f S-4 i, CT s ELD(I ti@Q, $%iA opposite 'en studs, sa a@ 'tl,id libad- haviuo, @te encl 444,@@.tmnt tl-ie@ female member ffanged ail 130

1,5079230 a tion which, when tl-ie co-Lipling is separated, abuts the studs and wbich when the parts a,re in cotipled relation, abu-ts and extends across the, annular end face of the female member for tl-ie, purpose described. 2. A hose-coupling su,bs-tantially as specified by claim 1, tl-ie said he@ad beinz provided with noto-hes adapted to pass over said studs, fied by claim 1, the said head beino- provided with notches adapted to pass over said st-ads, and with an annular flange covering said 15 sprinly and -uided by said enlargement, the head bein,- provided with notches adapted to pass over said studs, and with ears which are bent inwardly to close said notches and render thei head continuous, the head and 20 and with means for closing said notches and flange being rotatable on the male member. 10 rendering the head continuous, the head be- In testimony whereof I have affixed my ing rotatable on the male member. signature,. 3. A hose-coupling substantially as speciCHARLES A. CLAFLIN.

Patetited Sept. 2, 1924, 0"7 230 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. CHARLES A. CLAFLIN, OF YIEDFOE-D, -KASSACHUSETT@-,. HOSE COUPLING. Application filed,,Tuly 29,1920. Serial No. 399,732. To all whom it may concern,: Be it kno-,vn that 1, CHAI?F@ES -@V. CLARLTN, 't'zeii of the United States, resid' g at a el I li'l Medford, 'ii the county of Midcllesex aiad I State Of Massachiisetts, h,,tvp- inveiited new -ind useful Iniprovements in Ilose Coupl'ngs, of -wliieh the following is a specific,,ttion. This iiiventioii relates to ,L fl uid-cond-Lict10 ing coupling, adapted to c6iiiiect tivo sectioiis of a conduit, such as ,t fixed conduit section and @ lengtli of flexible hose, or two lengtlis of flexible hose, the cou Iiiig being composed p of t female member acta,pted for connection 15 with one conduit section, ancl a male meinber, adapted f or connectioii -with the other conduit section. T.he object of the invention is to provide iinprove(f means, - whereby said members n-i,,ty 20 be quickly, convenieiitly, aiid securely interenuao,ecl and separited. @n b The inveiition is embodied in the improvernents hereinafter described -,iiid el-,Limed, permitting the intereiigagement of the iiiem25 bers by two manual inovemeiits of tlie, opem,tor, followed by tn autoniatic movenaeiit of one of said members completing the interengagement. Of the accompanying draaviiigs formiiig ,t 30 part of this specific,,ttioii@ Figure I is an end vie@v of the iii,,tle member of my improved coupling, -vvithout tl-ie pressure-applying liead hereinafter described. 35 Figure 2 is an end view of the female member. Figure 3 is ,L sebtion on line 3-3 of Figure 2. Figui@-e 4 is ,i, perspective sectional i,i.ew, 40 showing -,t poi-tioli of the female iiiembei-. Figtire 5 is -,i loligitiidiiial. sectioll, showing the two n-iembers intereligaged. Figtire 6 is a sectioii on Iiiie 6-6 of Figiire 45 Fi re 7 is aii end view of the male n-iem,@ ilid ber, the pressure-aPP13Ting head tliereon. Fi . !ure 8 is ,t section on line 8-8 of Figure Fic,rLire 9 is an end view of the pressure50 applying head, lts it appears before its eii(Tagement with the m,,tle member. Figure 10 is a sectio-.n on line IQ-10 of Figure 9. Figtire 11. Is i vlew simll',I.I- to -Figul-e 10, shonvilig tlie, he-,Zd conipleted. The siine reference, el-iaracters iii ficat c e the same pai-ts III all of the, figiii.-es. 12 repi-esentg tl-ie ttibular Tel-ii,,tle itteiiibeiof the coLip1iiig, said i-iioiiiber liavii-ig at oile end portion iiieiiis for coiiiieelloii -witli a (;o condtiit sectioii. As here shoavii, the meiiiber 12 is provided - with an extei@iiqlly screNA,threaded nipple 13, and -L Ilexagon,-,l @yreilchengagilig portion 14, -wliereby tl-ie iiieiiiber n-iay be tlirlied to screw the iaipple 13 ilito cill -65 iiiternallytlareaded fixed coiid-Liit sectioil. Tt is obvious, honvever, that the illeiliber 12 mLy be provided Avith meins for coniiec'u-'Ioii iiitb ,t leiigtl-i of 1-iose. The bore of the iiieinber 12 is proxided,70 -@i,itli , -i anii-Lilar enlaro-em , , ti e,,it 15 Lnd Avith spaced apart segmep-tal ril)s 16 in the outer portioi-i of s,,tid enlargenient. Tlle encls of said ribs ,ire spaced apar' to form 14opgit-Liclii-iil slots i@i-, coinmlinicatliig Ayith the por- -75 tion of the en'lai--einent 15 beliliid the ribs. The innei- sides of the ribs 16 are proiideci iaith i.ecesses 18, openin- i.lito th(, borc,, eii1,,Li@cr ement 15 19 rel)resents the male raember htvln,- an 80 enteiiiag portioii, pi-oi,,Ided Avitli oppositely projecti ng studs 20, adapted to be ]:)assect tlirougli tlie loiagitucli-iial slots I'@ b3, -,tn enclNvise movemeiit of the male mellibe:r, alid to be movecl ltl.-erally in tll(',, boi-e epiti-ge- 85 meilt 15 by partial rot'litioi-I of tlle D--ILle membeiinto position to eiiter the r.-ce-sses 13. The male ,P-embet- is proiided witi-i pressii-ig means, adaptecl to bear on tl.-ie o-Liter n of the femqle meinber, ancl aLitoTr,,.qticilly 90 force the studs 9-0 backiA,,,ti@ci .1-.nto tbe, recesses 18, so tliii. tlio male iliteileii@@,t--e(-l ii,itli tiie iiiaiiiial naiiiely, 1, loii,@41tiicl.lriij iiioA7eii -ie-iit aiid a i),iitial iiioi,(,,.iii eiit o-l' f),5 the iiiale, nleldber, folloayed b)T an baekAi Tard iiioi-eiiieiit caii,-,eci bv Clio s@ii@t piessln,,)- rneaiis. I prefer to embody tl-ie pressiiag m,@ons as iiext described. Oii the male men-iber, at the rear encl of the enteriiig portion thereof, 'Is 'Lorn,-ecl an annular enlargei-iient 9,1. -,Vhi.eli is spacecl from tho st-Lids 20, @ind conscit-Lites ,i sl-)ring abutment aii.d .i !-@uide, --'Vloll,@ited to i-noite 105 on the male meinbei@, bet-@,v@en eiilargeifi,,tv I)c I)v tnl,-o

AV'Al-TilBLE CO@PY 1,507,230 ment and.studs is a pressure-applying aniiular head 22, formed tc, abut a,gaiiist the puter end of the female, member. Said head is provided with an aiinular flange 23, ivhich is mcw,.ab) oiA e gLLidtd I@y t@he. all.1-iul,,r a enlargement 21 , said head, flange, and enlargement foi-ming an ann-Lilar sprino- el-iambersLirrotindino,,the,male,membei,. Xholical t5 spring 24, surrIO'Linding tl-ie male member,, is 10 interposed between the enlargement 2-1 and head 22, and noi@malty lio,lde@ the liead in , e stiyielding contact iiith th ids 20 as SI-ioNvn b.Y Flgilr-@e, 5. T4e cqjl@ititutes a, loose @UL(t ol TI]L% $p g, a@Rd pr-e a;b,Litni t for one Qt tl -ri.ii 15 v(tnt@@ Qcqita srt)@rin w,' h ti@e, 20. ct 1),f the lt,- W;hen the n-iii@@-ni inse@rt@,ed in t-lie f em m--mbpr, tb @5 ioyqed by its k. !)Aad 22 i@5 f,Qyc Ota.et- wit!A tli@ im:Ale mambey ir Om the P-o@itiQii, shqwi,i by Figtire, 8, tl-ie, flanoe 23 20 ii(,Itng Qn thQ giiidijig eiilarg@3m@an@t 21 iii I -@-- I..- - i @til tb@o, ati@ds 2Q enter tl,.e bore @rL!argeEaQiat 15. IV7heD tb@, male n ,iembQr is tur ed to, i@egistqr tihe -it-h the recesses 18, th!a - coinstiids 20 w Pi-e@is.e@d sp,ring @4 aqt@i tlirougli the head, 22 25 t-o forea the m@,le me)mber Pnd@vis a.Rcl Qause @e, I I t@h@ -4;44,s @0'to ent'er- -t-h-e 'recesses 18 as ind'eated,- by nzuros 5 anci 6, .-i 'the, tw'@o m6mbers are noiv fir,rnlit ihtereT@gage,d, so that ii b@a otai' eitiier c,4ii r ed rp-la30 ti@v@l tc, tl-ie other withoiit first applying . - y - @ I - svffi6ieiRt pre$stire t-o remove the s@LLds 20 fro,T.n the r'eces@5i@s 18. T'lie outer end portion of the m,,tle member m be formed, in any suitable wiy aly for 35 comnection with a concTLiit section s7Lich as a length of flexible 1-tose. The otiter sides of tli6 se - gin ental ribs 16 are, flush ivitli the outer end'of the female member 12., and form tl-icrewith an annlilar end fa,w f)rom -vvj-iieh ,to th e'@ @lots-'17, -ex'tend to the) boi-e enlargewent 15. The@ cliter encls of the slots ai?e therefore exposed on s4id end f ace so tliat the QperatiGn cf inserting the stiids 20@ in the 4@5 sl6ts, is facilitated, the op,erator beiiig ena.ble,d to. quickly aiid ecnveniently insert the stlids in the slots. it will be seen bv reference to Fi,-Lire 8, that the, head 22, and its flan-e 23 aiid the spriiag @4,, are insepar,@bly engkgecl'with the 50 'al'e emb r, the hea-4 n' o,rmally bearing Qn the stlids 20, and the flange at tl-i sam e -@a etim bearijig on the enlqrgement 21. Tlie@ male me,mbq,r is prefor4b,lv -inade as a 'single, casting, whi@qh incIU4,@s @he stticis 20 and enla,rgg-1 I 5.5 m6nt 21. The head 22 ar-ld@ its flano-e 23 @r-e. al'so pr4@ferabl@y formed as a, si-ngle- ea-stin , -g the h-ead w-hen-in u-se being a)R ui,iinterrupted al'in-Lilus. T,o permit the convetiient assembl'aoe of 60 the- male member, tl-ie head 21,@, and @pri;@ 24,. izonstrqct t-he head 22 and its flai@i-e 2@ as itlustrated,by Fio,,kires, 9 10 and 11. I - .1 . The said head and flaa .g e are or@-iiially sujt mali able m,@tai @Qr eq-5,t from a, e C)5 altoy,, in. the toi7n s,@qw4 by riigures 9 and 10, tl-ie, head being providecl with notches 26, formed and arranged to pass over the stl--Lds 20. The castin- is proA,ided ivitli eprs 27, Nvhio-h, as ori o-,inally i imeci, pro,je@,-,t. o fi-c,,iu th(Z head, 70 , Q utwkrclly as sliolvn by FigLive 10, so that they do not obstrliet the notches 9,6. In assemblino.-.tl I)-arts,lplaeethesprin 24onthe @5 6 9 male member be-tnveen the, studs 20 and enlirgement 21, and then move the head 9,2 75 and fl.an-e 23, when iii the ecndition sl-iown -@u7 by Fi e 10, over the studs 20 in the directioii indicated. I)y ti-ie,.. arrqw i F'i 10 the m iement of t ,,ei g I Q , Ijea n. b QoA i- I tl-i tq-d, 8 0 tinued, uitt E@ bead iFi, separg tlie sttidii W Rs iiadicat.ed by Fiil!rQ ll,.3 T-b,.@e e -rs -e t --:R b i:R-wi@d, @iid e iLi#4 to.: av --he eAt fill the notches II E -kiid tl-iu,-@ r@stom, th e C.OatiiriLiit,@.- of tjiq,. he,%d, w-hieji f e 85 s o pa sing ov r the stud 20. T@he, 4Qc4,d @2, is,ro@,atable @QA. tbe-. wtq Ml mbQr ao, that it in.@,y be. t-Rriied t.Q@ =,ve, tbp, iiqtches @6, oiit of aliremout wltl)@ t@hla, $tvas 20 bef6re tiie e ors@ 9.,,T ore,, beiRt, inwud,.. %o th t it, is@ ijot neeessary t-o re - . -- , d0 .a, f o Q the, j@im9 @iiwar ly @e st-@i ds, t,,Q, t4e d. from th indicat cl b@ Figure 11, la .@e @ I @ I - . . f thp, I be in Qontaet wit-h tbp. stqd . @te ad, @ I re @ s, as shgwn by Fiau 8, while the ears are, Tip The h@@,,id @9, PRd- its flange, wt-itute 95 .-- - - , 4QQ a spi@ing cqver Qr hqusiilg, eii4,Dling o6 sprijig 24 t6 be emp,,Ii)-yed@. a,@act .,ting tl ]p,,rot-ee to,, sprin 9. -Linds tile@, The lieocl@ slirro, male. me=l),--r and for a contin loose, a@but- 10 or anni@14r 0 ment for one mA of the,, spritig,. @o-. t4-4,t, t4o pressi-ire o,f t,he, sprii@g, i@s@: u f.6rmly cl r4 - i,% t-ribu@ted ar@o,-Lind tlle,, ra@Lle@ m,@mber,, aiicl tU@o end of tl-ie sprin,- iRe4rest. thQ s@tuds, aO,@, is prevente( Wn I fro@n @7ipping acros$l _g 105 fo led witli the Frt-Lids. 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