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EP0213857A1
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Improvements in or relating to cable and sleeve connectors
Assignee: Acco Cable Controls Ltd
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Filing: 1986-08-15
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2006-08-15
Abstract
Abstract A cable-and-sleeve connector includes a compensator to which a part (11 a) of the length of the sleeve is connected by a clutch (45), contained within the compensator, when the cable is under tension. The sleeve part (11a) can be released from the clutch (45) by movement longitudinally of an actuating member (35) when the tension in the cable (101 is released. Movement of the actuator (35) is effected by a striker (34) that is fixed to the cable (10) and can move out of the compensator. into the sleeve part (11 b) as the tension is exerted on the cable.
Inventors
- 👤 Peter Allen Geoffrey Clissett
- 👤 Roger Antony Lacey
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 09:29
CPC Classifications
F; F16; F16C; F16C1/00; F16C1/10; F16C1/22; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T74/00; Y10T74/20; Y10T74/20396; Y10T74/20402; Y10T74/20408; Y10T74/2045
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
255 words
A cable-and-sleeve connector in which the positions of the ends of the sleeve are fixed and the sleeve extends in a curved, deformable, path between its ends, the sleeve comprising two parts and a housing extending between the parts and by which the parts are connected together, the first part being connected to the housing by means of a clutch disposed within the housing and operable between a position in which it holds an end position of the first part fixed relatively to the housing and a position in which the first part is released, the end portion of the first part then being free to reciprocate axially within the housing, resilient means acting on the clutch in a sense that urges the clutch into engagement with the sleeve, an actuating member extending around the cable within the housing on the side of the clutch remote from the first part of the sleeve and movable axially,between an operative position in which it holds the clutch in the position in which the first part is released and an inoperative position in which it permits the clutch to hold the first part fixed, and a striker fixed to the cable such that, by reciprocation of the cable within the sleeve, the striker can move between a position in which it abuts the actuating member to hold it in its operative position and a position in which it lies withdrawn into the second part of the sleeve and permits the actuating member to move to its inoperative position.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
255 words
A cable-and-sleeve connector in which the positions of the ends of the sleeve are fixed and the sleeve extends in a curved, deformable, path between its ends, the sleeve comprising two parts and a housing extending between the parts and by which the parts are connected together, the first part being connected to the housing by means of a clutch disposed within the housing and operable between a position in which it holds an end position of the first part fixed relatively to the housing and a position in which the first part is released, the end portion of the first part then being free to reciprocate axially within the housing, resilient means acting on the clutch in a sense that urges the clutch into engagement with the sleeve, an actuating member extending around the cable within the housing on the side of the clutch remote from the first part of the sleeve and movable axially,between an operative position in which it holds the clutch in the position in which the first part is released and an inoperative position in which it permits the clutch to hold the first part fixed, and a striker fixed to the cable such that, by reciprocation of the cable within the sleeve, the striker can move between a position in which it abuts the actuating member to hold it in its operative position and a position in which it lies withdrawn into the second part of the sleeve and permits the actuating member to move to its inoperative position.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
62 words
A connector as claimed in either of the preceding claims in which the resilient means is in the form of a helical spring encircling the first part of the sleeve, one end of the spring abuts a stop fixed to said first part and the other end acts -0n the clutch through a flexible cap that closes the end of the housing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
A connector as claimed in either of claims 1 and 2 in which the actuating member'is in the form of a sleeve embracing the cable and having, at the end adjacent the striker, an inwardly projecting flange with which the striker engages in abutting the actuating member.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
102 words
A connector as claimed in any of the preceding claims in which the clutch is in the form of a plurality of collets that encircle the end portion of the first part of the sleeve, the outer surfaces of the collets converge away from the first part of the sleeve, the housing provides a surface corresponding to the outer surfaces of the collets, and the resilient means acts axially on the collets to urge them into such contact with that surface of the housing that they are forced into engaging contact with the end portions of the first part of the sleeve.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
115 words
A connector as claimed in claim 4 when appendant to claim 3 in which the end of the sleeve remote from the flange is chamfered at its outer edge, when the sleeve is in its operative position it is in contact with the collets, and the inner edges of the ends of the collets that make contact with the sleeve are chamfered so that movement of the sleeve from its inoperative to its operative position first brings the sleeve into contact with the collets that first moves them axially towards the position in which the first part of the sleeve is released and then causes the narrow ends of the collets to be splayed outwardly.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
61 words
A connector as claimed in either of claims 4 and 5 in which the end portion of the first part of the sleeve is circumferentially ridged and the inner surfaces of the collets are corresponding shaped so that when the collets are in engaging contact with the end portions, recesses in the collets engage between the ridges of the end portions.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
74 words
A connection as claimed in claim 6 when appendant to claim 5 in which, between their ends, the collets are bounded by an annular spring of which the effect is to urge the inner surfaces of the collets towards contact with the end portion whilst permitting them to separate sufficiently for the end portion to move between the collets when the clutch is in the condition that permits axially reciprocation of the end portion.
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