Rotatable liquid-tight conduit connector assembly
OwnerJoey D. Magno, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
The conduit assembly includes two mateable generally cylindrical conduit connector bodies with a longitudinal internal bore extending therethrough. The connector bodies include a locking surface for joining and retaining the bodies together at a desired angle. One connector body is externally threaded and the other provides an external snap-on attachment mechanism. Moreover, a gland nut is provided with an internally threaded surface and a snap-on attachment mechanism. The gland nut is slidably positioned over and attached to the connector bodies via snap-on attachment or screw attachment. The gland nut secures and retains the connector halves together at the desired position.
Claims20
A conduit connector assembly fitting comprising:
- a first generally cylindrical body with a longitudinal internal bore extending therethrough, the first body having a cable receiving end spaced apart from an attachment end, the attachment end having a first mating surface;
- a second generally cylindrical body with a longitudinal internal bore extending therethrough, the second body having an attachment end spaced apart from a cable egressing end, the attachment end of the second body having a second mating surface, the first mating surface and the second mating surface being rotationally inter-mated and adjacently joined together to prevent further rotation of the bodies;
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- a gland nut of annular shape having two spaced apart ends and a sidewall therebetween, the gland nut cooperatively securing the first body and the second body together to prevent separation of the bodies.
A connector apparatus comprising:
- a first and a second cylindrical sleeve bodies, each said sleeve bodies having a rigid angular elbow with a cable ingress/egress end and an attachment end, said attachment end including a plurality of v-cut surface notches and at least one of an outer thread or an external circumferentially indented guide adjacent to said notches;
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- a ring-shaped gland nut having an inner thread configured to engage with said outer thread and a plurality of inwardly directed snap-in fingers provided adjacent to a rim of said gland nut to engage with said indented guide, wherein rotating said inner thread in a tightening direction around said outer thread pulls said notches together to restrict further torsional movement of said first and second cylindrical sleeve bodies against each other.
A method of delivering wires through two disconnected conduits separated by non-common axis, the steps comprising:
- coupling a first cylindrical sleeve body with a first disconnected conduit, said first sleeve body having a rigid angular elbow shape including an attachment end with a first mating surface, a cable ingress/egress end and an external circumferential indentation therebetween;
- coupling a second cylindrical sleeve body with a second disconnected conduit, said second sleeve body having another rigid angular elbow shape including another attachment end, a second mating surface, another cable ingress/egress end and an outer thread proximate to said another attachment end, wherein said external circumferential indentation is rotatably engaged by an inwardly facing protrusion of a gland nut and said gland nut includes an inner thread that engages with said outer thread;
- rotationally positioning said first and second cylindrical sleeve bodies to a desired angle to align said inner thread of said gland nut with said outer thread of said second cylindrical sleeve body;
- inserting a wire through said ingress end to said egress end;
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- rotating said inner thread around said outer thread to pull said first and second mating surfaces of said first and second sleeve bodies together to restrain further torsional movement thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.