Valved fluid coupling

Claim 1

A QUICK DISCONNECT VALVED CONDUIT COUPLING COMPRISING A MALE COUPLING MEMBER AND A FEMALE COUPLING MEMBER, SAID MALE COUPLING MEMBER INCLUDING A BULKHEAD ASSEMBLY PROVIDED WITH LATERALLY OUTWARDLY EXTENDING CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED STUD PINS AND HAVING A LONGITUDINAL BORE FLUID PASSAGE THERETHROUGH FOR RECEIVING A SELF-SEALING POPPET VALVE HAVING A COMPRESSION SPRING MEANS MOUNTED THEREIN FOR NORMALLY URGING SAID POPPET INTO A CLOSED SEATED POSITION WHEN SAID COUPLING MEMBERS ARE SEPARATED, SAID FEMALE COUPLING MEMBER INCLUDING A CYLINDRICALLY SHAPED HOUSING ASSEMBLY PROVIDED WITH INTERNAL KEYWAYS, A CYLINDRICAL OPEN-END CAM SLEEVE MEMBER POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOUSING ASSEMBLY PROVIDED WITH EXTERNAL KEYWAYS FOR COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION WITH SAID HOUSING ASSEMBLY INTERNAL KEYWAYS AND A PLURALITY OF INCLINED AND CURVED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED SLOTS THROUGH THE WALLS OF AT ONE END OF SAID CAM SLEEVE MEMBER, CAM LOCK MEANS FOR OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID CAM SLEEVE MEMBER AND HOUSING FOR LONGITUDINAL SLIDING MOVEMENT THEREIN, SAID CAM LOCK MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL SPRING LOADED CAM LOCKS EACH MOVABLE INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID HOUSING ASSEMBLY AND SAID CAM SLEEVE MEMBER, EACH OF SAID CAM LOCKS BEING POSITIONED IN BOTH AN INTERNAL KEYWAY OF THE HOUSING ASSEMBLY AND ITS ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL KEYWAY OF SAID CAM SLEEVE MEMBER, A RING WASHER SEATED WITHIN THE HOUSING ASSEMBLY INTERMEDIATE THE RESPECTIVE ENDS THEREOF, SAID CAM SLEEVE MEMBER AND EACH OF SAID INDIVIDUAL CAM LOCKS MOVABLE INDEPENDENTLY OF SAID CAM SLEEVE MEMBER BEING SUPPORTED ON SAID RING WASHER, AND A TUBE END MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING ASSEMBLY AND A TUBE BODY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING ASSEMBLY FOR RECEIVING A SECOND POPPET MEMBER HAVING SPRING MEANS ACTING BETWEEN SAID SECOND POPPET MEMBER AND SAID TUBE END FOR NORMALLY URGING SAID SECOND POPPET MEMBER INTO A CLOSED SEATED POSITION THEREIN WHEN SAID COUPLING MEMBERS ARE SEPARATED, COMPRESSION SPRING MEANS MOUNTED ABOUT AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID TUBE END AND SAID TUBE BODY FOR RECEIVING SAID SECOND POPPET MEMBER AND ACTING AGAINST THE RING WASHER AND THE CAM LOCKS FOR NORMALLY URGING SAID CAM LOCKS INTO A SEATED POSITION INTO THE ASSOCIATED SLOTS IN SAID OPEN-END CAM SLEEVE MEMBER, SAID MALE AND FEMALE MEMBERS BEING CONNECTED TOGETHER BY COOPERATIVE ENGAGEMENT OF SAID BULKHEAD STUD PINS IN SAID CAM SLEEVE MEMBER SLOTS.