Coupling

Claim 1

MECHANISM FOR DETACHABLY CONNECTING ONE END OF A HOSE OF A HOUSING HAVING AN OPENING THROUGH A WALL THEREOF, SAID MECHANISM COMPRISING: A CYLINDRICAL SLEEVE MEMBER ROTATABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID HOUSING OPENING, SAID SLEEVE MEMBER BEING PROVIDED WITH MEANS ADAPTED TO ABUT SAID HOUSING WALL AT ONE SIDE THEREOF, SAID SLEEVE MEMBER HAVING AT LEAST ONE SLOT MEANS DISPOSED THEREIN, SPRING MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID SLOT MEANS AND EXTENDING BEYOND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID SLEEVE MEANS, SAID SLOT MEANS BEING OF SUCH A DEPTH THAT AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID SPRING MEANS EXTENDS INTO THE INTERIOR OF SAID SLEEVE MEMBER AND THE WALL FORMING SAID SLOT MEANS WHICH IS CLOSEST TO SAID ABUTMENT MEANS BEING REMOVED AXIALLY THEREFROM A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE THICKNESS OF SAID HOUSING SO THAT SAID PORTION OF SAID SPRING MEANS WHICH EXTENDS BEYOND SAID SLEEVE PERIPHERY CONTACTS SAID HOUSING WALL AT THE SIDE THEREOF OPPOSITE THE SIDE THEREOF ABUTTED BY SAID ABUTMENT MEANS WHEREBY SAID ABUTMENT MEANS AND SAID SPRING MEANS COOPERATE TO RETAIN SAID SLEEVE MEMBER IN SAID HOUSING OPENING, A CYLINDRICAL TERMINAL MEMBER CONNECTED TO SAID HOSE AND RECEIVABLE IN SAID SLEEVE MEMBER, MEANS CARRIED BY THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID TERMINAL MEMBER FOR ENGAGING SAID PORTION OF SAID SPRING MEANS EXTENDING INTO THE INTERIOR OF SAID CYLINDRICAL SLEEVE WHEREBY SAID TERMINAL MEMBER IS RETAINED IN SAID SLEEVE MEMBER, COOPERATING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SLEEVE MEMBER AND SAID HOUSING ADAPTED UPON ROTATION OF SAID SLEEVE MEMBER TO TEMPORARILY EFFECT DISENGAGEMENT OF SAID PORTION OF SAID SPRING MEANS FROM SAID ENGAGING MEANS FOR PERMITTING WITHDRAWAL OF SAID TERMINAL MEMBER FROM SAID SLEEVE MEMBER.