Patent ID: 6075192
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: G10D

Abstract:
A connection between first and second parts of a rod, the connection comprising:the first rod part having a first externally screw threaded end region toward the second rod part and the second rod part having a second externally screw threaded end region toward the first rod part;a connecting nut having a third end toward the first rod part and a fourth end toward the second rod part, the connecting nut having a first bore therein in from the ends of the connecting nut, the bore having a fifth internally threaded region toward its third end for receiving the first region screwed therein and having a sixth internally threaded region toward its fourth end for receiving the second region screwed therein; a conically tapering surface in the first bore in from the third end and narrowing toward the fifth region; anda compression nut with a second bore for receiving the first end region of the first rod part, the second bore having a part which compresses the first rod part in the compression nut, the second bore also having an internally screw threaded seventh region for receiving the first region and the compression nut having an external surface that is tapered to be received in and compressed by the conically tapering surface in the first bore.