Structure for prevention of mixing of different kinds of oils for oil-feeding couplings

Claim 1

A fluid coupling arrangement for minimizing the danger of connecting and transferring an undesired fluid through the coupling comprising, a first coupling member, latching means on said first coupling member for detachably connecting and latching said first coupling member to any one of several second coupling members upon movement of the first coupling member to a coupling position with respect to a second coupling member, and means to permit movement of said coupling members to said coupling position only when said second coupling member corresponds to said first coupling member, said means comprising, cooperating surface and projection means for engaging said first member with a second member only when the first member is in a predetermined angularly aligned position with respect to a second member, said latching means comprising, locking levers pivotally connected to said first coupling member at circumferentially spaced apart locations on the first coupling member, said locking levers projecting toward said second member and having locking portions at ends thereof, said locking portions being detachably engageable with locking projections of the second member, said cooperating surface and projection means comprising said end portions of said locking levers, and recesses in a ring on said second member circumferentially spaced apart the same distance as said locking levers, said recesses exposing said locking projections for engagement by said levers, said ring being circumferentially adjustable to preset the second coupling in accordance with the desired fluid to be transferred, and adjustable means mounted on said first coupling member for movement to a plurality of different circumferential positions indicative of the fluid to be transferred by the coupling member, means for retaining said circumferentially adjustable means in each of said circumferential positions, abutment means on said adjustable means for permitting connecting of said first member only to a second coupling member having a fixed surface mateable with said abutment means, different ones of said second coupling members having their respective rings set at different positions thereon corresponding to different positions of adjustment of said adjustable means, so that said first coupling member can be moved to said coupling position and connected only to a second member having a correspondingly adjusted ring, for each different position of adjustment of the adjustable means.