A HOSE COUPLING AND PROTECTIVE HOSE

摘要

The invention relates to a hose coupling and a protective hose incorporating such a hose coupling for replacing standard hose couplings and standard hoses, amongst many other applications, on vehicle fue! tanks so as to prevent the theft of fuel from the tanks. The hose coupling comprises of: a fastener body (12); a sleeve (14) surrounding the fastener body (12); retaining means (16) for retaining the sleeve (14) about the fastener body (12) so as to limit the axial movement of the sleeve (14) relative to the fastener (12) while allowing the sleeve (14) to freely rotate about the fastener body (12), even when is use; and a means (18) for capturing a hose stem to which a protective hose is connectable.