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US 2014/0178126 A1Published application
Device for and Method of Connecting Two Items Together
AssigneeRotite Limited
InventorStuart Burns
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InventorStuart Burns
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A device includes first and second inter-engageable parts, each having a longitudinal axis and a connecting face extending substantially transversely to the longitudinal axis. The first part has an engagement formation extending substantially axially and the second part has a receiving formation extending substantially axially, and in which the engagement formation is receivable. The engagement and receiving formations each includes a substantially helicoidal surface extending at least partially around the longitudinal axis of the respective part of the connector, so that rotation of the parts relative to one another about the longitudinal axes, when the parts are substantially co-axially aligned, so that the connecting faces of the parts face one another in a substantially axial direction, causes engagement of the engagement formation with the corresponding receiving formation.
A device including a first part and a second part which are inter-engageable with one another, the first part having a first longitudinal axis and a connecting face which extends substantially transversely to the first longitudinal axis and includes an engagement formation which extends substantially axially, and the second part having a second longitudinal axis and a connecting face which extends substantially transversely to the second longitudinal axis and includes a receiving formation which extends substantially axially and in which the engagement formation of the first part is receivable, wherein each of the engagement formation and the receiving formation includes a substantially helicoidal surface which extends at least partially around the longitudinal axis of the respective part of the device, such that rotation of the two parts relative to one another about the longitudinal axes, when the two parts are substantially co-axially aligned, such that the connecting faces of the two parts face one another in a substantially axial direction, causes engagement of the engagement formation of the first part with the corresponding receiving formation of the second part.
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A method of connecting items together, including providing a first part of a device on a first item and a second part of the device on a second item, the first part of the device including a longitudinal axis, and a connecting face which extends substantially transversely to the longitudinal axis and has an engagement formation which extends substantially axially, and the second part including a longitudinal axis and a connecting face which extends in substantially transversely to the longitudinal axis of the second part, and has a receiving formation which extends substantially axially, and in which the engagement formation of the first part is receivable, wherein each of the engagement formation and the receiving formation includes a substantially helicoidal surface which extends at least partially around the longitudinal axis of the respective part, the method further including substantially aligning the longitudinal axes of the two parts of the device, such that the connecting faces of the two parts of the device face one another substantially axially, and rotating the two parts of the device relative to one another about the longitudinal axes, such that the engagement formation of the first part is received in the receiving formation of the second part.
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