Electrical connector for use in liquid metal

Claim 1

AN ASSEMBLY COMPRISING (1) AN OUTER MEMBER COMPRISING A (A) TUBE, (B) AN INTERNAL SHOULDER ATTACHED INTERIORLY TO THE TUBE AND PROVIDED AT ONE SIDE WITH AN ANNULAR FLANGE AND AN ANNULAR GROOVE DIRECTLY RADIALLY OUTWARD OF THE FLANGE, THE FLANGE HAVING A CONICAL END, THE OUTER MEMBER FURTHER COMPRISING (C) AN INTERNAL POST HAVING A TOP ABOUT AT THE LEVEL OF THE END OF THE FLANGE, THE POST BEING RADIALLY INWARDLY SPACED FROM THE SHOULDER AND THE FLANGE AND EXTENDING AXIALLY TO A BASE LOCATED AN APPRECIABLE DISTANCE BAYOND THE OTHER THE POST HAVING NEAR ITS BASE AN EXTERNAL PERIPHTHE POST HAVING NEAR ITS BASE AN EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL RIB, THE OUTER MEMBER ALSO HAVING (D) A TRANSVERSE WALL EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARDLY FROM THE TUBE TO THE POST AT THE BASE THEREOF, THE POST BEING RADIALLY SPACED FROM THE TUBE AT THE REGIONS BETWEEN SAID WALL AND THE SAID FROM SIDE OF THE SHOULDER A GREATER AMOUNT THAN FROM THE SHOULDER, WHEREBY A SODIUM TRAP IS FORMED IN THE ANNULAR SPACE BOUNDED BY THE POST, THE WALL, THE TUBE, AND THE SAID OTHER SIDE OF THE SHOULDER, (2) AN INNER MEMBER HAVING (A) A CONICAL SURFACE LOCATED IN MATING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CONICAL END OF THE FLANGE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE OUTER MEMBER AND (B) AN ANNULAR FLANGE RADIALLY OUTWARD OF THE CONICAL SURFACE AND EXTENDING INTO THE GROOVE ON THE SHOULDER, THE INNER MEMBER HAVING (C) A THIN TUBULAR PORTION ADJOINING THE CONICAL SURFACE AND EXTENDING AXIALLY IN ONE DIRECTION ALONG AND AROUND THE INNER POST OF THE OUTER MEMBER TO A POINT NEAR THE TRANSVERSE WALL THEREOF SO AS TO ARRANGE THE RIB ON THE POST, THE THIN PORTION BEING RADIALLY SPACED FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE TUBE BETWEEN THE SHOULDER AND THE WALL, THE INNER MEMBER ALSO HAVING (D) A THICK TUBULAR PORTION EXTENDING FROM THE CONICAL SURFACE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO THE THIN TUBULAR PORTION WITHIN THE TUBE AND HAVING AXIALLY SPACED PERIPHERAL RIBS ENGAGING THE INTERIOR OF THE TUBE. (3) A FIRST SET OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS MOUNTED IN THE POST, (4) A SECOND SET OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS MOUNTED IN THE INNER MEMBER AND BEING ENGAGED WITH THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS OF THE FIRST SET UPON ENGAGEMENT OF THE CONICAL SURFACE OF THE INNER MEMBER WITH THE CONICAL END OF THE FLANGE ON THE SHOULDER OF THE OUTER MEMBER, (5) A CONDUIT CONNECTED WITH THE INNER MEMBER, (6) LEADS TO THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS OF THE SECOND SET EXTENDING THROUGH THE CONDUIT, AND (7) MEANS FOR SUPPLYING GAS UNDER PRESSURE THROUGH THE CONDUIT BETWEEN THE THIN TUBULAR PORTION OF THE INNER MEMBER AND THE POST, BETWEEN THE THIN TUBULAR PORTION AND THE TUBE OF THE OUTER MEMBER, BETWEEN THE THIN TUBULAR PORTION AND THE SHOULDDER, AND BETWEEN THE CONICAL SURFACE OF THE INNER MEMBER AND THE CONICAL END OF THE FLANGE OF THE SHOULDER TO THE BOTTOM OF THE ANNULAR GROOVE IN THE OUTER MEMBER OUTWARD OF THE FLANGE.