A connector for electrodes in the form of an electrode clip is provided herein which is formed of resilient plastic material, e.g., polypropylene. It includes a fixed jaw and a movable jaw, the jaws being provided with cooperating female electrical contacts. An operating mechanism is provided which is composed of a plurality of elements interconnected together by at least two living hinges, one of which being secured to the movable such jaw, and the other interconnecting two operating members bu...

Disclosed is a clamped connection for clamping together separate parts, comprising a first part having a flange; a second part having an edge and an edge region adjacent to the edge. The edge region is deformable from a first condition in which the edge region is continuous and straight or has a constant radius of curvature along most of its length and a second condition in which the edge region has a continuously corrugated configuration including alternately deformed and undeformed partial edg...

An apparatus for and method of making a connection between an electrical conductor and an anode so that the conductor is attached to the anode to supply electrical energy thereto for use in cathodic protection systems. The apparatus includes male and female members of electrical conducting material having cooperating frusto-conical surfaces and such members are received within a bore in an anode. Normally the male member is connected to the electrical conductor and is positioned at the bottom of...

A releasable connection comprising a first member removably inserted in a second member with space between adjacent opposing surfaces of the members; a solid mass of a material, in the space between the members, which firmly joins the members together; said solid material having substantial compressive, tensile and shear strength, and being convertible by heat at a sufficiently high temperature to a physical state in which it has much lower compressive, tensile and shear strength; and, apparatus...

Pipe connection comprising "Hydril" type pin and box connectors with an annular groove formed in the pin connector at the juncture of the inner cylindrical land and the inner tapered seating surface and a seal ring of preferably circular cross section, e.g. an O-ring, disposed in the groove sealing between the pin connector and the box connector.

Isolation fasteners for securing one structural part to another in such a way as to minimize transmission of vibration and sound from one part to the other comprising, in combination, fastening means for securing the parts to each other and interposable elastomeric systems designed to be disposed between the parts and about the fastening means.

A device for coupling members such as driving and driven members so as to permit limited relative angular movement therebetween including a first member having an end with a bore extending thereinto, the bore having a polygonal shaped bore portion formed by a plurality of flat surfaces, a coupling portion on the other member having a polygonal shaped head formed by a plurality of side surfaces which are rounded axially and an end surface, the respective rounded surfaces on the head being engagea...

A sealing connecting between a solid body and a tubular sleeve of the type in which the body is provided with a bore and a circumferential groove is formed in the bore, comprises a sleeve having an annular portion penetrating in said groove in the bore of the body, said annular portion of the sleeve being clamped in the direction of its thickness between a locking ring inserted in said groove, and at least one wall of the groove, so that the actual effects of the differential thermal expansion a...

The present invention relates to a sewer connection; and more particularly relates to a sewer connection for a vehicle such as a trailer, a camper, or the like. The disclosed sewer connection is such that spillage due to improper draining of the vehicle sewer hose is constrained into a suitable receptacle; and may be flushed into an external sewage system by means of a water hose.

A connection device for connecting between the flue conduit extending from a combustion furnace or reactor and a washing-absorption tower which concurrently serves as high temperature gas quenching means comprising a double-walled structure which includes an inner porous cylinder and an outer impervious cylinder surrounding the inner cylinder in a peripherally spaced relationship thereto, a cooling liquid inlet means in said outer cylinder, a water-proof porous annular plate member provided betw...