AUTOMATICALLY-OPERATED REDUNDANT-TYPE FLUID COUPLING DEVICE

摘要

PCT No. PCT/US88/01778 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 8, 1989 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 8, 1989 PCT Filed May 26, 1988 PCT Pub. No. WO89/01587 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 23, 1989.A fluid coupling device has a male section (20) and a female section (21). Each of the sections has two rotatable ball-valve elements (30,31). A docking member (23,24) is mounted on each section to accommodate a misalignment of the flow passageways when the sections are brought together. When the sections are joined together, the ball valves automatically rotate sequentially from flow-preventing positions to flow-permitting positions.