Coaxial cable connectors

Claim 1

A COUPLING FOR CONNECTING TOGETHER THE ENDS OF HIGH VOLTAGE COAXIAL CABLES IN WHICH, AT THE ENDS TO BE COUPLED, THE INNER CONDUCTOR EXTENDS ENDWISE OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE DIELECTRIC THAT SPACES APART THE INNER AND OUTER CONDUCTORS, WHICH COMPRISES A BODY OF DIELECTRIC MATERIAL TELESCOPING OVER EACH CABLE END HAVING AN EXTERNAL TAPERED SHOULDER AND ALSO ABUTTING AGAINST THE ENTIRE END OF THE CABLE DIELECTRIC AROUND THE INNER CONDUCTOR AND HAVING A PASSAGE FROM END TO END THEREOF, THE INNER END OF WHICH PASSAGE REMOVABLY RECEIVES THE SAID EXTENSION OF SAID INNER CONDUCTOR, WITH SAID BODIES TO BE COUPLED SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL AND ABUTTING ENDWISE ONE ANOTHER AND WITH SAID PASSAGES FORMING A CONTINUOUS STRAIGHT PASSAGE FROM ONE INNER CONDUCTOR EXTENSION TO THE OTHER, METAL MEANS ENCIRCLING AND SEPARABLE FROM SAID ABUTTING ENDS OF SAID BODIES AND ADJACENT ENDS OF THE OUTER CONDUCTORS OF THE CABLE ENDS, AND COUPLING THE CABLE ENDS TO ONE ANOTHER AGAINST SEPARATION AND CONDUCTIVELY COUPLING TOGETHER SAID OUTER CONDUCTORS, AND METAL MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID CONTINUOUS PASSAGE AND HAVING SLIDING FRICTIONAL CONTACT WITH THE ENDS OF SAID ADJACENT INNER CONDUCTOR EXTENSIONS FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING THEM TOGETHER, SAID ENCIRCLING MEANS BEING FORMED OF COUPLED SLEEVES, EACH SECTION OF WHICH TELESCOPES OVER AN END OF THE CABLE AND HAS AN INTERNAL TAPERED SHOULDER ABUTTING THE TAPERED SHOULDER OF SAID BODY THEREIN AND REMOVABLY CONFINING IT UPON THE CABLE END OVER WHICH IT TELESCOPES.