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US 5,020,935 AGranted
Connector
AssigneeBurn Tubes Limited
InventorsPeter J. Lewis, Reginald Povey
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Abstract
A connector, to connect together two members, comprises a body having two sockets to receive the members. A wedge member is received in a pocket in the body which pocket opens to each socket so that parts of the wedge can extend into each socket to exert a clamping force on the members in their respective sockets.
Claims16
A connector comprising a body and a wedge member connecting together two mutually inclined members, the body presenting,
- a first socket having a longitudinal axis, one of said members being received in the first socket,
- a second socket having a longitudinal axis inclined to said longitudinal axis of said first socket, another of said members being received in the second socket,
- a pocket which opens to each of the sockets and has a longitudinal axis parallel to said longitudinal axis of the first socket and transverse to said longitudinal axis of the second socket,
- the wedge member being received in the pocket and being movable therein in a direction parallel to said longitudinal axis of the pocket, the wedge member presenting,
- a first part which extends into the first socket and presents a first clamping surface which extends parallel to said longitudinal axis of the first socket and engages said one member over a region of said one member which extends parallel to said longitudinal axis of the first socket, and
- a second part which extends onto the second socket and presents a second clamping surface which extends parallel to said longitudinal axis of the second socket and engages said second member over a region of said second member which extends parallel to said longitudinal axis of the second socket.
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A connector comprising a body and a wedge member connecting together two mutually inclined members, the body presenting,
- a first socket having a longitudinal axis, one of said members being received in the first socket,
- a second socket having a longitudinal axis inclined to said longitudinal axis of said first socket, another of said members being received in the second socket,
- a pocket which opens to each of the sockets and has a longitudinal axis parallel to said longitudinal axis of the first socket and transverse to said longitudinal axis of the second socket;
- the wedge member being received in the pocket and being movable therein in a direction parallel to said longitudinal axis of the pocket;
- the wedge member presenting;
- a first part which extends into the first socket and presents a first clamping surface which extends in the direction of said longitudinal axis of the first socket and engages said one member over a region of said one member which extends parallel to said longitudinal axis of the first socket,
- a second part which extends onto the second socket and presents a second clamping surface which extends in the direction of said longitudinal axis of the second socket and engages said second member over a region of said second member which extends parallel to said longitudinal axis of the second socket;
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- wherein the pocket is provided with a cam surface which extends generally longitudinally of the first socket but inclined relative to the longitudinal axis thereof, the wedge member having a co-operating abutment surface so that movement of the wedge member in a direction longitudinally of the first socket causes movement of the wedge member and the first clamping surface thereof inwardly of the first socket, and the second clamping surface extends generally in the longitudinal direction of the first socket but inclined to said longitudinal axis of said first socket so that movement of the wedge member in said direction longitudinally of the pocket causes movement of the second clamping surface transversely and inwardly of the second socket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.