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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1989
Filed:
May. 19, 1987
Alain Lechon, Pau, FR;
Yves Le Luel, Pau, FR;
Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine (Production), Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
A device is provided for connecting a guide line of an undersea installation. Inside the body of the connector is fixed an axial rod supporting a locking jacket with fingers carried by resilient blades. The rod ends in a centering nose having a cut out, whereas, above the centering nose a sliding ring is mounted on the rod and is held in position by a shearable pin. The guide post has a bore whose divergent section forms with a divergent face a housing for the locking fingers. When, for unlocking the connection, a tractive force is exerted on the connector body, the pin is sheared and the ring, by sliding, opens the passage for the fingers, which allows the connector to be released and raised. This connector requires no angular position with respect to the guide rod and makes any disconnecting tool superfluous.