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END FITTING FOR CORRUGATED CONDUIT

  • US 3,711,632 A
  • Filed: 12/02/1971
  • Issued: 01/16/1973
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An end fitting for attachment to a flexible, axially slit, corrugated tube for housing a plurality of electrical leads comprising:

  • a pair of sections of generally semicircular, cross-sectional shape and which are integrally hinged by a hinge means along their adjacent side edges thereof, said sections being foldable about said hinge means from an open position in which said sections are disposed side by side toward a closed position in which said sections surround an end portion of said corrugated tube, a latching means for latching said sections together in their closed position, one end portion of at least one of said sections having an arcuate, circumferentially and radially inwardly extending rib which is adapted to be received between adjacent corrugations of the corrugated tube to substantially lock said end fitting against relative movement axially of said tube, the other end portion of at least one of said sections having a radially inwardly extending member which defines a chordially extending barrier when said sections are in their closed position, said leads being adapted to be positioned on the side of said chordially extending barrier opposite the side adjacent the axial slit whereby said barrier positions said leads so that they cannot move axially along the slit.

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