Charging hose assembly

Claim 1

A charging hose assembly including a length of hose having a receiving connector at one end adapted for attachment to a pressurized supply source and a dispensing connector at the other end of the hose for attachment to a receiving unit, each connector having a center bore adapted to be in communication with the bore of the hose, comprising a. means provided on one end of each of said connectors consisting of elongated studs having a plurality of annularly extending stepped teeth for frictional insertion into the bore of the hose for attachment thereto, b. a medial chamber formed in the dispensing connector providing a valve seat at its juncture with the center bore of the dispensing connector, c. a check valve within said medial chamber and adapted to sit upon said valve seat, d. a resilient means within said medial chamber normally urging said check valve upon said valve seat, e. a second chamber within said dispensing connector of a diameter greater than said medial chamber and having open communication with the opposite end thereof, and f. a check valve and resilient means depressor carried within said second chamber and having a generally U-shaped body, the arms of which extend coaxially within said second chamber, the ends of said arms providing spaced apart substantially flat transversely extending semicircular base portions having a diameter greater than said U-shaped body and less than the diameter of said second chamber, with said base portion adapted to engage said resilient means positioned within said medial chamber so as to maintain the same and said check valve in operative position.