Patent ID: 6974291

Claim:
A quick coupling nut comprising: a body having a bore therethrough and adjacent guide holes therein; a pair of spring free threaded members disposed in said bore such that the entire member of each threaded member is freely movable and without a substantially resilient component affecting thread member movement, in a radial direction of said bore; a cap having a bore therethrough, coaxial with the body bore, and depending guides, received by the guide holes, for enabling axial movement between said cap and said body; and spring free actuators, movable without a substantially resilient component affecting the actuators' movement, depending from said cap, for engaging the threaded members in order to urge the threaded members radially inward to engage a threaded bolt shank extending through the cap and body bores as said cap is moved axially toward said body, the threaded engagement enabling tightening of the quick coupling nut by rotation thereof about said threaded bolt shank.