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US 5,409,122 AGranted
Tube connector, modular units, and modular shelving systems including such connectors
AssigneeAlba S.R.L.
InventorAbraham M. Lazarus
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Abstract
A modular unit for a shelving system includes a pair of tube connectors each made up of half-sections together having an outer transverse dimension slightly less than the inner transverse dimension of a tube to be connected thereto, a threaded fastener threaded through an opening in one half-section and abutting the other half-section to force apart the two half-sections and thereby to firmly clamp them to a tube, and a tie rod joining a half-section of one of the tube connectors to a half-section of the other tube connector.
Claims14
A modular unit for a shelving system, comprising:
- a pair of tube connectors each including first and second half-sections together having an outer transverse dimension slightly less than the inner transverse dimension of a tube to be connected thereto;
- said first half-section being formed with a threaded opening passing transversely therethrough for receiving a threaded fastener;
- said second half-section being formed on its inner face with an abutting surface engageable by the end of a threaded fastener, when threaded through said opening in the first half-section, to force apart the two half-sections and thereby to firmly clamp them to said tube;
- and a tie rod joining a half-section of one of said tube connectors to a half-section of the other of said tube connectors.
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