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Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1976

Filed:

Aug. 21, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:

Keith Shotbolt, Gerrards Cross, E;

Pierre Ory, Marseille, F;

Assignee:

Comex Marine Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
285 18 ; 285D / ; 55323 ;
Abstract

Apparatus for connecting a cylindrical first member to a second cooperating member comprising: a tubular housing adapted for connection to the second member and to coaxially receive a portion of the cylindrical first member; a gripping assembly carried by the housing and movable from a radially expanded position, in which the first member portion may be axially received in and displaced from the housing, to a radially contracted position gripping the exterior of the first member and preventing its axial displacement from the housing; and an actuating assembly carried by the housing, engageable with the gripping assembly and being operable by a force applied externally of the housing for moving the gripping assembly between its expanded and contracted positions, the actuating assembly being self-locking so that upon removal of the externally applied force the gripping assembly remains in its gripping contracted position.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Shotbolt, Keith. (1976). Connector apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 3999782). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/3999782

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