摘要 |
<p>A high pressure fluid coupling assembly comprises a nipple (1) with a neck 1 a to be held in a yoke 3, which is pulled towards a socket box 2 by a lever mechanism 4. When the nipple is pulled into complete engagement with the socket, the final downward movement of the lever 6 pushes a locking plate 10 into locking engagement with the distal ends of guide bolts 5, evenly distributed about the nipple and extending from the yoke and sliding through the socket box 2 to the locking plate 10, which is in contact with the side of the socket box 2 facing away from the yoke. The locking plate 10, guide bolts 5, yoke 3 and socket box 2 take up the nipple/socket separating force generated by the very high hydraulic pressure instead of the arms and joints of the lever mechanism 4.</p> |