Transition adapter for electrical conduit
First Claim
1. A transition adapter molded in one-piece of plastic material for connecting together an ENT tube and an externally threaded end portion of a pipe, said adapter having an ENT connector on one end portion thereof and a threaded connector on an opposite end portion thereof, said ENT connector having a peripheral wall and a generally cylindrical ENT socket that terminates in an ENT socket end, resilient latch fingers projecting into said ENT socket from said peripheral wall and having inwardly extending latch finger end portions receivable in an external circumferential groove of an ENT tube that is receivable in said ENT socket, said ENT socket peripheral wall having openings therethrough around said latch fingers, said latch fingers extending generally longitudinally of said ENT socket for bending movement generally radially of said ENT socket, said latch fingers projecting from said peripheral wall adjacent said ENT socket end and said latch finger end portions being spaced along said latch fingers in a direction away from said ENT socket end, said threaded connector having a threaded socket for threadably receiving an end portion of a pipe having an external thread thereon, and said threaded connector end portion terminating in an outwardly extending mounting flange having a generally flat bottom surface that forms the opposite end of said adapter that is opposite from said ENT socket end and is positionable against a generally flat support surface for supporting the adapter thereon.
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Abstract
A transition adapter for connecting together ENT tubing and threaded conduit has an ENT connector socket on one end portion thereof and a threaded socket on an opposite end portion thereof.
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16 Claims
- 1. A transition adapter molded in one-piece of plastic material for connecting together an ENT tube and an externally threaded end portion of a pipe, said adapter having an ENT connector on one end portion thereof and a threaded connector on an opposite end portion thereof, said ENT connector having a peripheral wall and a generally cylindrical ENT socket that terminates in an ENT socket end, resilient latch fingers projecting into said ENT socket from said peripheral wall and having inwardly extending latch finger end portions receivable in an external circumferential groove of an ENT tube that is receivable in said ENT socket, said ENT socket peripheral wall having openings therethrough around said latch fingers, said latch fingers extending generally longitudinally of said ENT socket for bending movement generally radially of said ENT socket, said latch fingers projecting from said peripheral wall adjacent said ENT socket end and said latch finger end portions being spaced along said latch fingers in a direction away from said ENT socket end, said threaded connector having a threaded socket for threadably receiving an end portion of a pipe having an external thread thereon, and said threaded connector end portion terminating in an outwardly extending mounting flange having a generally flat bottom surface that forms the opposite end of said adapter that is opposite from said ENT socket end and is positionable against a generally flat support surface for supporting the adapter thereon.
- 9. A transition adapter molded in one-piece of plastic material for connecting together an electrical nonmetallic tube and an externally threaded end portion of a pipe, said adapter having an electrical nonmetallic tubing connector on one end portion thereof and a threaded connector on an opposite end portion thereof, said electrical nonmetallic tubing connector having a peripheral wall and a generally cylindrical electrical nonmetallic tubing socket that terminates in an electrical nonmetallic tubing socket end, resilient latch fingers projecting into said electrical nonmetallic tubing socket from said peripheral wall and having inwardly extending latch finger end portions receivable in an external circumferential groove of an electrical nonmetallic tubing tube that is receivable in said electrical nonmetallic tubing socket, said electrical nonmetallic tubing socket peripheral wall having openings therethrough around said latch fingers, said latch fingers extending generally longitudinally of said electrical nonmetallic tubing socket for bending movement generally radially of said electrical nonmetallic tubing socket, said latch fingers projecting from said peripheral wall adjacent said electrical nonmetallic tubing socket end and said latch finger end portions being spaced along said latch fingers in a direction away from said electrical nonmetallic tubing socket end, said threaded connector having a threaded socket for threadably receiving an end portion of a pipe having an external thread thereon, and said threaded connector end portion terminating in an outwardly extending mounting flange having a generally flat bottom surface that forms the opposite end of said adapter that is opposite from said electrical nonmetallic tubing socket end and is positionable against a generally flat support surface for supporting the adapter thereon.
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