A light fitting for underwater use is of reduced size and is structured to provide easy and ready replacement of the fitting lamp. The fitting includes a housing, a disc-shaped backing plate mounted to the housing and a lens sealingly connected to the backing plate and forming therewith an enclosed chamber. A gland housing is sealingly connected in the backing plate and forms an enclosed chamber opening. An electrical connector which supports the fitting lamp is dimensioned for passing through t...

A bulkhead fitting for use with plastic material for conducting fluid through an aperture in the material and comprising coupling components on either side of the material which interfaces with the plastic material by an abrasive element pressed against the plastic material by an intermediate compressible member whereby leakage is prevented.

A rigging fitting wherein a unitary metal body of generally rectangular construction is equipped with a hollow interior and openings and slots extending from the exterior walls there into so as to alternatively provide a double ended fitting or a fitting adapted for use as a carriage hook.

A boss for mounting on a shaft comprising a discontinuous ring member, with a link bridging the discontinuity, a pivotable lever, and an eccentric drive connection between the lever and the link, whereby pivoting of the lever produces relative movement between the link and at least one side of the discontinuity to alter the size thereof to facilitate clamping and unclamping of the boss on the shaft. In one embodiment a second eccentric drive connection is provided between the said other end of t...

A pressure and liquid tight compression fitting particularly adapted for attachment to a beverage container. An externally threaded body portion of the fitting is inserted through a wall of the container and is clamped to the wall by means of a nut. A first pressure seal is effected by an O-ring received in a groove formed in the face of the nut in contact with the container wall. A first liquid seal is effected by a thin lip formed at the outer edge of the nut, beyond the O-ring. A combined sec...

A rope fitting is provided for heavy ropes usable for securing large ships to single point mooring buoys and the like as a substitute for conventional thimbles. The crown of an eye formed in the rope is fitted with a sheave and both are encapsulated in a suitable material such as urethane plastic thereby forming a plug which can be inserted in a shroud attachable by a cylindrical bore to a shackle by a shackle bolt. The sheave distributes the load to the rope eye. The unit is much lighter in wei...

A lubrication fitting has a stepped ball check spring which is threaded through the spring closure into a hardened housing.

A sanitary fitting contains in a common basebody thereof a flow control valve and a thermostatic valve. The flow control valve contains a valve for the cold water and a valve for the hot water. These valves are arranged upstream of the thermostatic valve in the direction of flow. Both valves are actuated by a common control valve. In addition, the flow control valve may be used for selecting several outlets.

A lighting fitting for an incandescent lighting arrangement with a pair of incandescent bulbs, includes a lampshade body and a mounting bracket. The lampshade body is formed from molding plastics, and has an upper wall that defines a central through hole, and a skirt portion that extends downwardly and divergently from the periphery defining the upper wall. The mounting bracket includes an elongated middle portion which is formed with a mounting hole aligned with the through hole, and which has ...

This is concerned with a conduit fitting for use with so-called flexible metallic conduit which has an inner, helically wound metal core covered by a flexible insulating sheath or coat of rubber or the like. The fitting is specifically constructed and adapted to provide a liquid-tight seal and mechanical connection between the ends of the conduit and the fitting with the mechanical connection and liquid-tight seal being affected by the same structure.