Sealing lock nut

• US 3,316,952 A
• Filed: 03/14/1966
• Issued: 05/02/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/1966
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert F. Hollinger
• Original Assignee: Robert F. Hollinger
• Inventors: Hollinger, Robert F.
• Application Number:
  US04/533,984
• Time in Patent Office: 414 Days
• US Class Current: 411/301
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 33/004 Sealing; Insulation by means of washers F16B43/001
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 39/34 Locking by deformable inserts or like parts
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 411/947 Elastic-gripping action

Claims

1. A LOCKING AND SEALING NUT COMPRISING IN COMBINATION:

A METAL NUT HAVING A THREADED BORE AND HAVING A SINK THEREIN SUBSTANTIALLY CONCENTRIC WITH THE THREADED BORE AND HAVING A LONGITUDINAL GROOVE PORTION FORMED IN A LATERAL CYLINDRICAL WALL PORTION OF SAID SINK;

AND HAVING A WELL ADJACENT THE THREADED BORE WITH A CYLINDRICAL SIDE SURFACE ALSO SUBSTANTIALLY CONCENTRIC WITH THE THREADED BORE AND THE SINK AND WITH A RADIAL BOTTOM SURFACE EXTENDING FROM THE SIDE SURFACE TO THE BORE;

THE WELL BEING OF A SMALLER OUTSIDE DIAMETER THAN THE SINK BUT OF A LARGER OUTSIDE DIAMETER THAN THE MAJOR DIAMETER OF THE THREAD;

THE SINK BEING FORMED WITH A SLOPING CONICAL SHOULDER AROUND THE WELL EXTENDING BETWEEN THE WELL AND SAID LATERAL SINK WALL;

WHEREBY THE WELL IS AXIALLY SPACED FROM THE LATERAL WALL PORTION OF THE SINK;