Hose coupling connection

Claim 1

A HOSE COUPLING CONNECTION FOR A HOSE HAVING AN ELASTOMERIC OUTER COVERING, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A NIPPLE HAVING A CYLINDRICAL HOSE-SUPPORTING SURFACE TERMINATING IN A RADIAL ANNULAR SURFACE ENGAGED BY THE END WALL OF THE HOSE WHEN ASSEMBLED, A PLURALITY OF, AND AT LEAST FOUR, CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED HARD RIGID GRIPPING WEDGE SEGMENTS DISPOSED AROUND THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE HOSE WHEN THE HOSE IS TELESCOPED ON THE NIPPLE, SAID WEDGE SEGMENTS HAVING INTERIOR AXIALLY-SPACED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING PROJECTIONS WITH ROUNDED INTERIOR ENDS FOR ENGAGING AND PENETRATING THE COVERING OF THE HOSE AND ALSO HAVING BROAD INTERMEDIATE LAND SURFACES BETWEEN THE PROJECTIONS WHICH ENGAGE THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE COVERING WHEN THE PROJECTIONS HAVE PENETRATED INTO THE COVERING, SAID WEDGE SEGMENTS HAVING AXIALLY OPPOSITELY DIRECTED AXIALLY CONTINUOUS TAPERED WEDGE SURFACES ON THE EXTERIOR SIDE FREE FROM EXTERIOR PROJECTIONS AT THE ADJACENT HIGH ENDS WHICH WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE FULL PASSAGE THEREOVER OF CLAMPING MEANS, SAID WEDGE SEGMENTS BY CAM ACTION EXERTED ON THEIR TAPERED WEDGE SURFACES FROM OPPOSITE AXIAL DIRECTION HAVING THEIR INTERIOR PROJECTIONS FORCED INTO THE COVERING OF THE HOSE, MEANS FOR CLAMPING AND HOLDING SAID WEDGE SEGMENTS IN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HOSE, SAID CLAMPING MEANS INCLUDING AXIALLY OPPOSED CLAMPING RINGS HAVING ANNULAR WEDGE-SHAPED INTERIOR SURFACES ENGAGING THE TAPERED OUTER WEDGE SURFACES OF SAID WEDGE SEGMENTS, AND ONE OF SAID CLAMPING RINGS HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIALLY COMPLETE ANNULAR RING EXTENSION OVERLYING AN AXIAL EXTENSION OF SAID NIPPLE LOCATED BEYOND THE END OF THE HOSE, SAID RING AND NIPPLE EXTENSIONS EMBRACING REACTION ELEMENTS FOR TAKING AXIAL REACTION FORCES BETWEEN THEM TENDING TO SEPARATE THEM AXIALLY DUE TO INTERNAL FLUID PRESSURE, SAID CLAMPING RINGS AT THEIR AXIALLY REMOTE ENDS COMPLETELY EMBRACING AND EXTENDING BEYOND THE REMOTE ENDS OF SAID WEDGE SEGMENTS, AXIALLY ALIGNED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED CLAMPING ELEMENTS BETWEEN SAID CLAMPING RINGS DISPOSED RADIALLY OUTSIDE SAID WEDGE SEGMENTS FOR PULLING SAID CLAMPING RINGS TOGETHER, AND MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID WEDGE SEGMENTS IN EVENLY SPACED POSITION CIRCUMFERENTIALLY OF THE HOSE UNTIL THE PROJECTIONS OF THE SEGMENTS PENETRATE INTO THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE HOSE, SAID WEDGE SEGMENT POSITIONING MEANS COMPRISING COOPERATING PORTIONS OF SAID WEDGE SEGMENTS AND SAID AXIALLY ALIGNED RING CLAMPING ELEMENTS WHICH SEPARATE RADIALLY AS THE CONNECTION IS TIGHTENED ON THE HOSE.