Coupling

Claim 1

A COMBINATION FLUID AND ELECTRICAL QUICK DISCONNECT COUPLING OF THE CHARACTER REFERRED TO INCLUDING, A MALE SECTION HAVING AN ELONGATE TUBULAR BODY WITH INNER AND OUTER ENDS, AN ELONGATE TUBULAR HOSE-ENGAGING NIPPLE CONCENTRIC WITH AND EXTENDING FROM THE OUTER END OF THE BODY, AN ELONGATE TUBULAR MALE MEMBER CONCENTRIC WITH AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY FROM THE INNER END OF THE BODY AND A LATERALLY PROJECTING HEAD ON THE BODY HAVING A FLAT, AXIALLY DISPOSED INNER FACE AND AN OPENING EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THERETHROUGH, A FEMALE SECTION HAVING AN ELONGATE TUBULAR BODY WITH INNER AND OUTER ENDS, AN ELONGATE TUBULAR HOSE-ENGAGING NIPPLE CONCENTRIC WITH AND EXTENDING FROM THE OUTER END OF THE BODY AND A LATERALLY PROJECTING HEAD HAVING A FLAT, AXIALLY DISPOSED INNER FACE AND AN OPENING EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY THERETHROUGH, SAID MALE AND FEMALE SECTIONS ARRANGED IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THEIR INNER ENDS OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER AND WITH THE MALE MEMBER ENGAGED IN THE BODY OF THE FEMALE SECTION AND WITH THE INNER FACES ON THE HEADS ABUTTING EACH OTHER, MANUALLY OPERABLE LOCKING MEANS RELEASABLY SECURING THE SECTIONS TOGETHER AND INCLUDING, RADIALLY SHIFTABLE MEMBERS CARRIED BY THE BODY OF THE FEMALE SECTION AND ENGAGED WITH THE MALE MEMBER AND A LONGITUDINALLY SHIFTABLE ACTUATING SLEEVE SURROUNDING THE BODY OF THE FEMALE SECTION LONGITUDINALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE HEAD THEREOF AND OPERATIVELY RELATED TO THE SAID SHIFTABLE MEMBERS TO NORMALLY MAINTAIN THEM IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MALE MEMBER AND OPERABLE TO ALLOW FOR FREE SHIFTING OF SAID MEMBERS FROM ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID MALE MEMBER, AN ELECTRICAL COUPLER INCLUDING CARRIERS OF DIELECTRIC MATERIAL IN THE OPENINGS IN THE HEADS, INWARDLY OPENING SOCKET ELEMENTS CARRIED BY ONE CARRIER AND CONNECTED WITH LINES OF A SECTION OF AN ELECTRICAL LOOM AT THE REAR OF THE HEAD, INWARDLY PROJECTING JACK ELEMENTS CARRIED BY THE OTHER CARRIER TO REGISTER WITH AND SLIDABLY ENTER THE SOCKET ELEMENTS IN THE FIRST MENTIONED CARRIER AND CONNECTED WITH THE LINES OF ANOTHER SECTION OF THE ELECTRICAL LOOM, AND ORIENTING MEANS INCLUDING A LONGITUDINALLY INWARDLY PROJECTING PIN ON ONE SECTION ENGAGED IN A LONGITUDINALLY INWARDLY DISPOSED OPENING IN THE OTHER SECTION.