Armored electrical cable connector
First Claim
1. A connector for armored electrical cable apparatus which comprises:
- a nut;
a body having a central bore, said body having a generally cup shaped seat disposed in generally aligned relationship to said bore, said body having threads disposed on a surface thereof; and
a dual finger member comprising a generally cylindrical member having a first plurality of axially extending fingers disposed about the circumferential extent of said generally cylindrical member and a second plurality of axially extending fingers disposed about the circumferential extent of said generally cylindrical member, the free ends of all of said first plurality of axially extending fingers being disposed at a first axial extremity of said generally cylindrical member and the free ends of all of said second plurality of axially extending fingers being disposed at a second axial extremity of said generally cylindrical member, said dual finger member is dimensioned and configured for passage into said bore and said nut and said threads on said body are on an external surface of said body, said nut including a cup shaped surface, said dual finger member is dimensioned and configured for cooperation with said seat and said cup shaped surface, said connector further includes an O-ring extending circumferentially around said dual finger member intermediate the roots of said first and second plurality of axially extending fingers.
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Abstract
A connector for armored electrical cable apparatus which includes a body having a central bore. The body has a generally cup shaped seat disposed in generally aligned relationship to the bore and the body has external threads disposed on the external surface thereof. A dual finger member which is generally cylindrical and has a first plurality of axially extending fingers disposed about the circumferential extent of the generally cylindrical member and a second plurality of axially extending fingers disposed about the circumferential extent of the generally cylindrical member. The free ends of all of the first plurality of axially extending fingers are disposed at a first axial extremity of the generally cylindrical member and the free ends of all of the second plurality of axially extending fingers are disposed at a second axial extremity of the generally cylindrical member. A nut dimensioned and configured for engagement with the threads on the body.
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16 Claims
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1. A connector for armored electrical cable apparatus which comprises:
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a nut; a body having a central bore, said body having a generally cup shaped seat disposed in generally aligned relationship to said bore, said body having threads disposed on a surface thereof; and a dual finger member comprising a generally cylindrical member having a first plurality of axially extending fingers disposed about the circumferential extent of said generally cylindrical member and a second plurality of axially extending fingers disposed about the circumferential extent of said generally cylindrical member, the free ends of all of said first plurality of axially extending fingers being disposed at a first axial extremity of said generally cylindrical member and the free ends of all of said second plurality of axially extending fingers being disposed at a second axial extremity of said generally cylindrical member, said dual finger member is dimensioned and configured for passage into said bore and said nut and said threads on said body are on an external surface of said body, said nut including a cup shaped surface, said dual finger member is dimensioned and configured for cooperation with said seat and said cup shaped surface, said connector further includes an O-ring extending circumferentially around said dual finger member intermediate the roots of said first and second plurality of axially extending fingers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A connector for armored electrical cable apparatus which comprises:
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means for gripping the armor of an associated cable; means for gripping the outer covering of an associated cable; a split ring stop member for cooperation and location an armor covering of the associated a cable, said split ring stop member being dimensioned and configured to be installed on a cable without the necessity of threading the free end of said cable into said split ring stop member. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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Specification