Securing means
AssigneeBurn Tubes Limited
InventorNigel R. A. Pettman
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Abstract
A connector for securing together first and second members, the first member being elongate and having a generally central longitudinal axis, the second member having a socket, a locking element secured relative to or integral with the first member, the locking element having a first engagement surface and being receivable in the socket, the surface, upon less than one revolution of the first member about the longitudinal axis, relative to the second member, being urged into contact with a second engagement surface of the socket to ensure the first and second members together.
Claims14
A securing means for securing together first and second members, the first member being elongate and having a generally central longitudinal axis, the second member having a socket, the first member having first and second engagement surfaces which are receivable in the socket, the socket having co-operating first and second engagement surfaces, the first engagement surfaces cooperating to guide the first and second members for relative rotation about said axis, while the second surfaces, upon less than one revolution of the first member bout said axis, relative to the second member, are being urged into contact to exert a transverse force between the second engagement surfaces in a direction transverse to said axis and the first and second members having means to exert a generally axial force therebetween in a direction generally parallel to said axis as a result of said relative rotation to secure the firt and second members together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.