Underwater multiple fluid line connector

Claim 1

In connector apparatus capable of making underwater fluid pressure connection with underwater equipment, the combination comprising a. upwardly opening receptacle means to be carried by the underwater equipment, said means having opposed interior faces which are substantially flat and which taper downwardly, there being ducting in the receptacle means and terminating at at least one of said faces, b. and a wedge shaped member displaced downwardly to seat in the receptacle means, said member having exterior faces which are substantially flat and which taper downwardly, there being ducting in said member and terminating at at least one of said exterior faces for communication with the ducting in the receptacle means in response to said seating, c. said receptacle means comprising first and second vertically interfitting receptacles, the first receptacle generally horizontally straddling the second receptacle and ducting extending in each of the receptacles and opening at generally horizontally spaced interior faces of the receptacles, and d. means supporting the second receptacle for yieldable downward deflection relative to the first receptacle so that the wedge shaped member seats downwardly initially against second receptacle interior faces and then against first receptacle interior faces.