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MECHANICAL CONNECTING DEVICE

  • US 3,832,075 A
  • Filed: 07/25/1972
  • Issued: 08/27/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A separable coupling comprising a female coupling member including a circular first peripheral wall having a plurality of circumferentially spaced recesses accessible at the inner face of said peripheral wall and cam defining faces tapered radially outwardly in a direction toward the outer edge of said wall, a male coupling member having a circular second peripheral wall at least partially rotatably telescoping with said first peripheral wall and having peripherally spaced openings registering with said corresponding recesses in said first peripheral wall, and an elongated resilient wire member disposed in said male coupling member and having outwardly directed ears with outwardly converging side arms, resiliently biased outwardly under the influence of said resilient wire member through said respective openings and into engagement with said recesses when said coupling members are in coupled condition, the radial distance between the outer edges of said ears and the longitudinal axis of said male coupling member when said ears are fully extended being less than the radial distance between the outer edges of said cam faces and the longitudinal axis of said female coupling member and greater than the radial distance between said recesses and said longitudinal axis.

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