Connector

A connector for attaching a tool or an attachment to a machine, comprising a carrier adapted for fitment to said machine, and a holder adapted for fitment to said tool or attachment, the carrier comprising first and second elongate hollow members having first and second slides situated displaceably therein, a chamber within said carrier which chamber is situated between the hollow members, and displacement means connected to said slides for displacement of the slides, the connector further comprising connection means disposed on said carrier and said holder for the interconnection and disconnection of the carrier and holder, the connection means including two first connection members on the holder engageable with two first connection elements on the carrier, and two second connection members on the holder engageable with two second connection elements attached to the slides, wherein the chamber is substantially closed, and each said hollow member has a portion which communicates, via a slot, with the chamber, whereby a substantially closed cavity is defined in the carrier, and the displacement means include spring means, biasing the slides to a position in which the second connection elements are interlocked with the second connection members, and a displacer situated in the chamber and associated with a link member which extends from the chamber through the slots into the hollow members and interconnects said slides such that the slides are, via the link member, simultaneously displaceable against the force of the spring means.