Liquid tight conduit fitting
AssigneeThomas & Betts International, Inc.
InventorRoger D. Pyron
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Abstract
A liquid tight conduit fitting for terminating flexible conduit to electrical enclosures. The fitting includes a sealing rib having a pitch of 0° located on the outer surface of the gland end and extending thereabout whereby a seal is provided between the outer surface of the gland end and the interior of a length of conduit secured thereto. The fitting further includes a protective hood secured to the gland end of the fitting whereby an annular cavity is defined about the gland end of the fitting, the annular cavity being sized to receive and enclose the terminating end of the conduit secured to the fitting.
Claims8
An assembly, comprising:
- a) a body, comprising:
- a threaded enclosure-connecting end, a gland end and a circumferentially surrounding hub having a first interfitting structure;
- and
- b) a hood, comprising:
- a substantially tubular body having first and second ends, said first end including an aperture having a second intermitting structure formed thereabout, said aperture sized to allow said gland end of said body to extend therethrough whereby said first and second interfitting structures are assembled thereby securing said hood to said body, said second end of said hood defining an annular cavity about said gland end upon assembly to said body and;
- wherein said first and second interfitting structures comprise snap-fit cooperating structures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.