摘要 |
A remotely operable torus type connector for releasably connecting the adjoining ends of tubular members together wherein each of the ends is provided with a locking shoulder and one of the ends has a plurality of locking segments pivotally mounted thereon with a surrounding torus section adapted to slidably engage the corresponding outer surface of the locking segments to pivot such segments inwardly or outwardly as the torus section is moved longitudinally thereof. The torus section is carried by a ring slidably mounted in a surrounding housing with hydraulic or mechanical means for sliding the ring in the torus section.
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