Hollow ring seating indicator
AssigneeThomas & Betts International, Inc.
InventorsLarry Norman Siebens, Anthony Reed, Roger Provencal
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Abstract
A seating indicator for loadbreak connectors and deadbreak connectors that includes a substantially round, elastic O-ring having a body and an opening, wherein the O-ring is installed on the transition shoulder portion of a loadbreak bushing insert, and wherein the O-ring extends radially and outwardly from the bushing insert when an elbow connector is properly installed thereon. The O-ring can be hollow so that it will more easily deform and can be made from an elastomeric material in easily viewable colors.
Claims14
A seating indicator for loadbreak connectors and deadbreak connectors, the indicator comprising a substantially round, elastic O-ring having a body and an opening, wherein the O-ring is installed on the transition shoulder portion of a loadbreak bushing insert, and wherein the O-ring extends radially and outwardly from the bushing insert when an elbow connector is properly installed thereon and compresses the O-ring.
A seating indicator for loadbreak connectors and deadbreak connectors, the indicator comprising a substantially round, elastic O-ring having a hollow body and an opening, wherein the O-ring is installed on the transition shoulder portion of a loadbreak bushing insert, and wherein the O-ring extends radially and outwardly from the bushing insert when an elbow connector is properly installed thereon and compresses the O-ring.
A seating indicator for loadbreak connectors and deadbreak connectors, the indicator comprising a substantially round, elastic O-ring having a hollow body and an opening, wherein the O-ring is made from natural rubber, butyl, butadiene, nitrile, neoprene, EPDM, silicone, fluorosilicone, ethylene/acrylic, polyisoprene fluoroelastomer, polybutadiene, or Buna-S, wherein the body of the O-ring has a thickness of from about 0.25 inches to about 0.50 inches, wherein the O-ring is installed on the transition shoulder portion of a loadbreak bushing insert, and wherein the O-ring extends radially and outwardly from the bushing insert when an elbow connector is properly installed thereon and compresses the O-ring.
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