Automatic train line service connector

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FOR MOUNTING ON A RAILWAY VEHICLE COUPLER HAVING A COUPLING END, A CONNECTOR ADAPTED TO FORM WITH A LIKE CONFRONTING COOPERATING CONNECTION ON A COUPLED COOPERATING COUPLER A CONNECTION FOR FLUID, SAID CONNECTOR COMPRISING A HOUSING ADAPTED TO BE RIGIDLY MOUNTED ON SAID COUPLER AND HAVING A FRONT END EXTENDING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS SAID COUPLING END OF SAID COUPLER, AN ELONGATED MOVABLE MEMBER NON-ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID HOUSING FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN AND EXTREME FRONT POSITION AND A REARWARD RETRACTED POSITION SO THAT IT IS CAPABLE OF LATERAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID HOUSING WHEN IT IS IN A RETRACTED POSITION, SAID MOVABLE MEMBER HAVING A FRONT PORTION EXTENDING FROM THE FRONT END OF SAID HOUSING AND A REAR PORTION EXTENDING FROM THE REAR OF SAID HOUSING AND ALSO HAVING A FLUID CONDUIT PASSAGE EXTENDING FROM SAID REAR PORTION TO AN OPENING IN THE FRONT END OF SAID FRONT PORTION, MEAN FOR BIASING SAID MOVABLE MEMBER FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD ITS EXTREME FRONT POSITION IN SAID HOUSING, MEANS OPERATING BETWEEN SAID HOUSING AND SAID MOVABLE MEMBER FOR LOCATING SAID FRONT PORTION OF SAID MOVABLE MEMBER ACCURATELY RELATIVELY TO SAID HOUSING WHEN SAID MOVABLE MEMBER IS IN ITS EXTREME FRONT POSITION BUT PERMITTING LATERAL MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT PORTION OF SAID MOVABLE MEMBER WHEN IT IS IN A RETRACTED POSITION, TRANSVERSELY-EXTENDING FLANGE MEANS CARRIED BY THE FRONT PORTION OF SAID MOVABLE MEMBER OUTSIDE HOUSING, ALIGNING MEANS ON SAID TRANSVERSELY-EXTENDING FLANGE MEANS OF SAID MOVABLE MEMBERS FOR ENGAGING LIKE ALIGNING MEANS ON TRANSVERSELY-EXTENDING FLANGE MEANS OF A MOVABLE MEMBER OF A LIKE CONFRONTING COOPERATING CONNECTOR CARRIED BY A COOPERATING COUPLER TO ALIGN SAID MOVABLE MEMBERS AS THEY ENGAGE AND RETRACT ON COUPLING OF SAID COUPLERS, MEANS OPERATING BETWEEN SAID HOUSING AND SAID MOVABLE MEMBER FOR LIMITING TO A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT LATERAL MOVEMENT OF SAID FRONT PORTION OF SAID MOVABLE MEMBER RELATIVE TO SAID HOUSING, SEALING MEANS AT THE FRONT OPENING OF SAID MOVABLE MEMBER, ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS CARRIED BY SAID TRANSVERSE-EXTENDING FLANGE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO MAKE ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS ON THE TRANSVERSE-EXTENDING FLANGE MEANS OF A CONFRONTING COOPERATING CONNECTOR, AND ELONGATED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ELECTRICAL CONTACT MEANS AND SUPPORTED BY SAID MOVABLE MEMBER, SAID ELONGATED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR MEANS EXTENDING FROM THE REAR OF SAID TRANSVERSELY-EXTENDING FLANGE MEANS ON THE FRONT PORTION OF SAID MOVABLE MEMBER THROUGH SAID HOUSING AND TO THE REAR PORTION OF SAID MOVABLE MEMBER AND OUT OF SAID HOUSING AT THE REAR END THEREOF.