COUPLING AND CLIP FOR COUPLING

摘要

Disclosed are a coupling and a clip for a coupling. The coupling may include a male connector having a holding groove, a female connector having a head portion for inserting the male connector, and a clip detachably coupled to the female connector and securing the male connector to the female connector. The female connector may include at least a slit and a coupling recess for inserting and seating the clip. The clip may include a band with elastically movable fore ends. The band may include at least a portion to serve as a locking portion, which is projected to an inside of the female connector through the at least a slit of the female connector and inserted in the holding groove of the male connector. One fore end of the band may form a hand grip and the other may serve as a rotation center when the hand grip is pulled outwards.

主权项

1. A coupling comprising:
a male connector having a holding groove formed in a fore end outside circumference thereof; a female connector having a head portion for inserting the male connector therein in an axial direction to couple to the male connector; and a clip detachably coupled to the female connector and securing the male connector to the female connector, wherein the female connector includes at least a slit and a coupling recess formed along an outside circumference of the female connector and connected to the at least a slit for inserting and seating the clip, the clip includes a band formed to surround the outside circumference of the female connector and have opposite fore ends which are elastically movable in a transverse direction plane of the female connector, the band includes at least a portion to serve as a locking portion, which is projected to an inside of the female connector through the at least a slit of the female connector and inserted in the holding groove of the male connector for securing the male connector, one side fore end of the band is projected outwards to form a hand grip, and the other side fore end of the band is caught at a step formed on the coupling recess of the female connector to serve as a rotation center of the band when the hand grip is pulled outwards.