Patent ID: 6211465
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
A connecting box for fitting a tube to an aperture of a wall, comprising shells which are connected by a first hinge at a first common longitudinal joining face and which are completed by mating locking means at a second opposing longitudinal joining face, defining, when folded back and locked on one another, a rear portion comprising at least one recess capable of receiving and retaining an end of the tube as well as a front sleeve delimited from the rear portion by an external surface supporting said connecting box against the wall, said front sleeve including a thread designed to receive a nut behind the wall or to be screwed in a tapping in the aperture of the wall and having an internal conduit which communicates with said at least one recess, wherein edges of the joining faces and the external surface supporting said connecting box is equipped with a continuous strip or a layer of flexible sealing material.