Multipoint releasable coupling
Abstract
Abstract A MULTIPOINT RELEASABLE COUPLING INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF MALE COUPLING MEMBERS RELEASEBLY ENGAGED IN A FEMALE COUPLING MEMBER. EACH MALE COUPLING MEMBER IS RELEASABLY LOCKED BETWEEN A SLIDING LATCH PLUNGER AND A LATCHING TOOTH. ALL OF THE LATCHING TEETH ARE CARRIED BY A ROTATABLE DISCMOUNTED ON THE FEMALE COUPLING MEMBER. A MANUALLY ACTUATABLE PIVOT LEVER IS OPERATIVELY COUPLED TO THE DISC AND IS MANUALLY ACTUATABLE BY A LIFTING MOTION TO RELEASE IT FROM A MOTION RESTRAINING POSITION ON SAID FEMALE COUPLING MEMBER. SUSEQUENTLY, THE LEVER ARM IS MANUALLY PIVOTED TO ROTATE THE DISC AND THEREBY REMOVE THE LATCHING TEETH FROM ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MALE COUPLING MEMBERS, THEREBY PERMITTING SIMULTANEOUS REMOVAL OF THE MALE COUPLING MEMBERS FROM THE FEMALE COUPLING MEMBER.
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- 👤 George M Brown
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