MULTI-COUPLING DEVICE FOR THE MULTIPLE QUICK COUPLING OF MULTIPLE HYDRAULIC, ELECTRICAL AND/OR PNEUMATIC LINES, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF INDIVIDUAL MANUAL COUPLINGS

摘要

The present invention relates to a multi-coupling device (1) for the multiple quick connection of multiple hydraulic, electrical and/or pneumatic lines, with the possibility of individual manual couplings. The multi-coupling device (1) comprises a first plate (2) connectable to a vehicle or apparatus and supporting a plurality of couplings (3), each of said couplings being connectable to a hydraulic line and being adapted to being connected to corresponding couplings (41) of a second multi-coupling plate (40) for the connection of said hydraulic lines with a point of use, said device (1) being characterised in that at least one of said couplings (3) of said first plate (2) comprises connecting means (32, 33, 34, 35) for connecting and firmly retaining a single coupling (80) and disconnecting means (50) that can be manually operated by the user and are adapted to interact with said connecting means (32, 33, 34, 35) to allow the release of the individual coupling. The device according to the present invention overcomes a limitation inherent to the multi-connection devices of the type known in the state of the art and consisting in that they can only be used with points of use equipped with corresponding multi-coupling plates thus, on the contrary, also allowing points of use equipped with individual couplings to be connected.