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Screwed safety assembly

US4448561A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 29, 1980
Grant dateMay 15, 1984
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E30/30
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A screwed safety assembly capable of being assembled and disassembled at a distance and under immersion, in which the screw head comprises a deformable cylindrical ferrule (15) and in which the seating (4) of the screw head comprises widened portions (6) into which the ferrule partially penetrates when it is deformed by expansion. The seating (4) of the screw head further comprises, at the level of the upper edge of the ferrule (15), a circular groove (10) between the widened portions (6) and leading into these.

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