Patent ID: 6293595
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: F16L,Y10S

Abstract:
An adjustable rod having:a tubular body provided with an internal threading;a threaded shaft threadingly engaged in said internal threading;a counternut threadingly engaged on said threaded shaft;first engagement means which are integral with said tubular body;an annular locking member having a coupling formation and second engagement means and which is axially movable with respect to said tubular body between a locking position in which said coupling formation is engageable with said counternut thereby to be rotatably fast therewith and in which said first and second engagement means are in mutual engagement, and a release position in which at least one of said coupling formation and said second engagement means are disengaged from said counternut and from said first engagement means respectively;return means biassing said locking member into said locking position.