Connector

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL CONDUIT AND CONNECTOR THEREFOR, SAID CONNECTOR CONSISTING OF A TUBULAR INSERT HAVING AN OUTWARDLY FLARED INNER END, A SLEEVE HAVING A SMOOTH CONICALLY TAPERED INNER SURFACE ON ITS INNER END PORTION AND A SMALLER CYLINDRICAL INNER SURFACE ON ITS OUTER END PORTION AND AN ANNULAR FLANGE AT THE TERMINAL END OF THE INNER END OVERLYING SAID FLARED END AND IN LOCKING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, SAID OUTER END PORTION SNUGLY RECEIVING SAID CONDUIT, A RESILIENT RING OF INCOMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL WITHIN SAID SLEEVE HAVING A TAPERED OUTER SURFACE CONFORMING TO THE INNER SURFACE OF THE TAPERED PORTION OF THE SLEEVE AND HAVING AN INNER END ABUTTING SAID INSERT, THE OUTER END OF SAID RING BEING SPACED SLIGHTLY INWARDLY FROM THE OUTER END OF SAID TAPERED PORTION TO LEAVE AN EXPANSION SPACE, THE INNER DIAMETER OF THE RING FITTING SNUGLY OVER THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID CONDUIT S THAT THE RING IS RADIALLY EXPANDED AND IS FORCED SLIGHTLY OUTWARDLY AGAINST THE SLEEVE AND IS UNDER SLIGHT COMPRESSIVE STRESS TO EXPAND INTO SAID EXPANSION SPACE, AND AN ANNULAR RADIALLY INWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE OF RESILIENT MATERIAL ON THE INNER END OF SAID RING, SAID FLANGE HAVING A RADIAL DIMENSION SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE WALL THICKNES OF SID CONDUIT, SAID CONDUIT BEING INSERTED IN SAID SLEEVE AND RING AND ABUTTING SAID RING FLANGE, SAID SLEEVE AND CONDUIT HAVING INTERFITTING INWARDLY INDENTED PORTIONS WHEREBY THE CONDUIT IS LOCKED TO THE OUTER END PORTION OF THE SLEEVE WITH THE END OF SAID CONDUIT SEALINGLY ABUTTING THE INWARDLY PROJECTING FLANGE OF RESILIENT MATERIAL.