Remotely controlled connections

Claim 1

IN CONNECTING APPARATUS: A TUBULAR BODY; CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED COUPLING SEGMENTS CARRIED BY SAID BODY AND HAVING AN INTERNAL THREADED PORTION; TOOTHED LEAF SPRINGS CARRIED BY SAID BODY AND DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID SEGEMENTS; A TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING AN EXTERNAL THREADED PORTION ADAPTED TO BE PLACED WITHIN SAID INTERNAL THREADED PORTION AND SAID TOOTHED LEAF SPRINGS AND IN ENDWISE ADJACENCY TO SAID BODY, SAID TOOTHED LEAF SPRINGS ENGAGING SAID THREADED PORTION ON SAID TUBULAR MEMBER TO THEREBY LOCATE SAID EXTERNAL THREADED PORTION ON SAID THREADED MEMBER WITHIN THE INTERNAL THREADED PORTION OF SAID COUPLING SEGMENTS; MEANS PROVIDING A SEAL BETWEEN THE ADJACENT END FACES OF SAID BODY AND MEMBER; SAID THREADED PORTIONS BEING MESHABLE WITH EACH OTHER; A COLLAR SLIDABLE LONGITUDINALLY ON SAID BODY AND HAVING MEANS ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID SEGMENTS FOR SHIFTING SAID SEGMENTS LATERALLY INWARDLY TOWARD SAID MEMBER; CYLINDER AND PISTON MEANS ON SAID BODY AND COLLAR; AND MEANS PROVIDING A FLUID UNDER PRESSURE IN SAID CYLINDER AND PISTON MEANS FOR SHIFTING SAID COLLAR LONGITUDINALLY ON SAID BODY TO SHIFT SAID SEGMENTS INWARDLY AND PLACE THEIR THREADED PORTIONS IN MESH WITH SAID MEMBER THREADED PORTION, WHEREBY SAID TUBULAR MEMBER IS CONNECTED IN SEALED RELATION TO SAID TUBULAR BODY.