Mounting device for an elongate member

Amounting assembly comprising:

• a mounting device for an elongate member, comprising:
• an elongate housing having an elongate axis;
• an internal passageway passing through the elongate housing parallel to the elongate axis;
• an elongate sleeve located within the internal passageway and being configured for longitudinal movement along the passageway;
• a plurality of ball-receiving recesses in the wall of the internal passageway, each recess having a ball-guiding surface inclined to the longitudinal axis;
• a plurality of apertures in the sleeve;
• a ball located in each of the ball-receiving recesses and engaged with a respective aperture in the sleeve, the balls and the apertures being configured to allow the balls to project partially through the apertures but to prevent balls from passing through;
• biasing means configured to bias the sleeve in a direction to urge the balls to project radially inwardly through their respective apertures in the sleeve and into the internal passageway;
• guide means for guiding a mandrel into the internal passageway, wherein the guide means is connected to, and moves with, the sleeve;
• and
• a mandrel, the mandrel having a peripheral recess configured to receive a plurality of balls of the mounting device.