A vacuum probe comprises a sharpened body that is displaceable downward and toward a vacuum bag during vacuum hose quick connection. The sharpened body and a valve element inside the vacuum probe move in tandem until the sharpened body projects outside the vacuum probe. A vacuum pressure applied via the vacuum hose pulls the vacuum bag upwards and towards the projecting sharpened body, which then punctures the vacuum bag, thereby enabling air under the vacuum bag to be evacuated via the vacuum probe as vacuum pressure continues to be applied.

A fluid connector, including a tubular member, a connector body, including an exterior opening groove, and a retainer clip to lock the tubular member to the connector body, an assurance cap including one or more latch fingers engaged with the exterior opening groove, and a tool, including an annular collar mountable over the tubular member, and a plurality of fingers carried on and extending axially from the annular collar, the plurality of fingers operatively arranged to engage the latch fingers when the collar and the plurality of fingers are engaged with the assurance cap to disengage the latch fingers from the exterior opening groove to disconnect the assurance cap from the connector body.

The application relates to a coupling element for connecting a first fluid-conducting line to a second fluid-conducting line. Here it is provided that an indicator device is mounted on a latching device and has a retaining element which can be elastically deflected in the radial direction relative to a guide element of the indicator device and which in a latched position engages in the latch receiving area and secures the indicator device in the axial direction by interacting with a main part and in a non-latched position lies outside the latch receiving area and releases the indicator device to move in the axial direction. The invention additionally relates to a coupling assembly.

A fluid connection device (10) for connecting two fluid conduits (11, 12), includes a female plug (1), a male plug (2), intended to be inserted into the female plug into a final coupling position, a movable primary locking device (3), having a locked position (30) in which it prevents the male and female plugs from being released from the final coupling position, and a movable secondary latch (4) having an active position (40) designed to prevent the primary locking device (3) from being moved out of the locked position of same, whereby the fluid connection device can establish a permanent connection of the first and second conduits.

A coupling assembly includes a female quick connector and a male member, wherein the male member has a latching element, a sealing section and a tip, wherein the sealing section is disposed between the latching element and the tip. The quick connector includes a retainer having at least one retaining element. The male member is in a latching position if the latching element is latched onto the at least one retaining element. The quick connector includes a verifier which is axially movable along a verification path, wherein the verification path comprises at least one locking position and at least one releasing position. The verifier in the locking position limits a movement of a section of the retainer in radial direction, so that the retainer is not actuatable in the locking position but actuatable in the releasing position of the verifier.

A connection device is disclosed comprising a receptor having a recess; a securing clip at least partially inside the recess and comprising a clip head and a pair of clip legs, wherein the clip head has a receiving portion, wherein a portion of each of the pair of clip legs intrudes into a channel space of the connection device when the securing clip is in an unbiased configuration; and a dial comprising a first side and a second side, wherein the dial comprises a catch, wherein the catch is configured to intrude into the receiving portion, and wherein the dial is configured to strain the securing clip into a release configuration when the dial is rotated in a first angular direction.

A laundry appliance including an appliance housing, a wash unit tub disposed inside the appliance housing, a drum rotatably supported within the wash unit tub, and a wash water dispenser assembly. A laundry compartment is provided inside the drum and the drum is rotatable about a drum axis. The wash water dispenser assembly includes a dispenser hose and a mating interface assembly. The dispenser hose includes a dispenser hose inlet and a dispenser hose outlet. The mating interface assembly connects the dispenser hose outlet to the wash unit tub. The mating interface assembly includes a tub port adapter on the tub sidewall that extends outwardly away from the drum axis to provide a mechanical connection with the dispenser hose outlet.

The quick release tool includes a U-shaped body which presents a base that has a first side and a second side. The body also has a pair of legs that are spaced laterally from one another and extend away from the first side of the base to respective distal ends. Each of the distal ends presents a pair of ledges that are spaced longitudinally from one another to receive fingers on the locker of the quick connector assembly. The base of the U-shaped body presents a living hinge which is spaced laterally between the legs for pivoting the distal ends of the legs away from one another in response to the application of a force onto the second side of the base, thereby allowing the locker to be moved from the locked position to the unlocked position.

A tubular coupling is provided. The tubular coupling has a female endpiece with an axial orifice into which a male endpiece provided with a collar is designed to be inserted axially. The female endpiece includes a latching locking member that is designed to be deformed elastically in a radial direction by mechanical interference during insertion of the male endpiece into the orifice and to become locked against the back of the collar. The coupling further includes a ring mounted to slide coaxially with the orifice around the female endpiece and that forms a ramp that is oblique relative to the axial direction in order to deform the locking member elastically in a radial direction by the lever effect when the ring is subjected to axial traction in the direction for inserting the male endpiece into the female endpiece so as to release the male endpiece from the female endpiece.

A fluid connector having a connector body that is connectable to a first fluid system. The connector body includes a connection mechanism that is connectable to a tube of a second fluid system, and the connector body defines a fluid passageway that allows fluid to flow between the first fluid system and the second fluid system. A connector sleeve surrounds the connector body and is connected thereto, and the connector sleeve is actuatable relative to the connector body between a retracted position and a connected position. The connector sleeve actuates the connection mechanism as the connector sleeve is actuated from the retracted position to the connected position. In addition, the fluid connector is devoid of coil springs and dynamic seals.