Joints and connections – With adjunctive protector – broken parts retainer – repair,...
Patent
1988-03-23
1989-09-26
Kundrat, Andrew V.
Joints and connections
With adjunctive protector, broken parts retainer, repair,...
285321, 403321, 405224, 294 8625, E02D 554, F16G 1100, F16L 3500
Patent
active
048696153
ABSTRACT:
An improved tension leg joint with a first or receptacle member having an opening to receive the second or tension leg member end, the first member opening includes an internal recess including an upper downwardly facing shoulder and a lower shoulder, the second member end includes a latching element carried on a lower upwardly facing shoulder of the second member and normally biased outward so that it moves into the internal recess of the first member when the second member end is inserted therein sufficiently far so that the latching element moves past the downwardly facing shoulder, and a release sleeve movable within the first member recess and having means for releasably engaging the latching element when it is moved into the interior of the release sleeve subsequent lifting of the second member and its latching element causes the release sleeve to be raised to engage the downwardly facing recess shoulder and allow the latching element to pass thereby in its upward movement without coming into latching engagement therewith.
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Cameron Iron Works USA Inc.
Frechette Paul M.
Kundrat Andrew V.
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