Cable connector

A fluid-tight cable connector for connecting electric cables with switch cabinets, plug-in connections and the like comprising a screw socket provided with an outer thread, a screw nut provided with an inner thread, a tubular rubber packing arranged within the screw nut and a thin-walled anti-rotation bushing arranged between the screw nut and the packing;

• the screw nut comprising an inner cylindrical portion provided with said inner thread and an inner conical portion, the mouth of which having an overdimension with respect to the cable diameter;
• the tubular packing comprising a cylindrical portion and a conical portion, the cylindrical portion having a radial front face abutting at a front face of the socket, said packing being provided with at least one deformable inner ring-shaped sealing lip and one outer ring-shaped sealing lip, an annular recess being formed between the cylindrical portion of the packing and the inner thread of the screw unit, the anti-rotation bushing also comprising a cylindrical portion and a conical portion, the cylindrical portion being of shorter axial length than the cylindrical portion of the packing and protruding into said annular recess;
• the outer conical surface of the packing, the conical portion of the bushing and the inner conical portion of the screw nut having the same angle of taper and substantially the same axial length.