US Patent 8245721 Tube coupling device having check valve

A tube coupling device includes a coupling member having an upper peripheral casing formed by a peripheral flange and a peripheral wall, a number of openings formed in the peripheral flange and communicative with an environment of the peripheral casing, a water guide plate engaged into the peripheral fence and engaged with the peripheral wall and having one or more passages, a partition member engaged into the peripheral casing and having a bore for water to flow into the coupling member, and a receptacle engaged into the coupling member, a valve member biased by a spring biasing member to engage with the partition member and to form a check valve.