using hooks, pawls, or other movable or insertable locking members

Full Title

Couplings of the quick-acting type > in which the connection between abutting or axially-overlapping ends is maintained by locking members > using hooks, pawls, or other movable or insertable locking members

Classification Context

Section:

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING

Class:

ENGINEERING ELEMENTS OR UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

Subclass:

PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL

Child Classifications

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• F16L 37/124 using bolts, fixed to a flange, which are able to tilt in slots of another flange, and being maintained there by the tightening of nuts
• F16L 37/127 using hooks hinged about an axis
• F16L 37/133 using flexible hooks
• F16L 37/138 using an axially movable sleeve
• F16L 37/14 Joints secured by inserting between mating surfaces an element, e.g. a piece of wire, a pin, a chain
• F16L 37/16 Joints tightened by the action of wedge-shaped hinged hooks
• F16L 37/18 Joints tightened by eccentrics or rotatable cams
• F16L 37/2 Joints tightened by toggle-action levers