Quick-release fitting assembly

Details Quick-release fitting assembly Quick-release fitting assembly

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F16L 37/088 (2006.01) F16L 37/14 (2006.01) F17C 13/06 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2418844

A quick-release fitting assembly has a male fitting and a female fitting. The male and female fittings are secured together by a retaining ring that is at least partially received in aligned first and second retaining grooves that are provided in the male fitting and the throat of the female fitting respectively. A water tight seal is provided by an O- ring that is retained in a sealing groove of the male fitting and radially compressed against the throat wall when the male fitting is inserted in the female fitting. The water tight seal remains substantially intact when the male fitting is rotated relative to the female fitting. In a preferred embodiment, the male fitting is removable from the female fitting by first compressing the retaining ring so that it no longer extends into the second retaining groove. In this embodiment, a locking ledge may be provided in the first retaining groove which prevents the retaining ring from being compressed when the fitting is under pressure so that the male fitting cannot be removed from the female fitting under pressure.

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