TY - JOUR AU - Barrow, B J AB - LABORATORY AND WORKSHOP NOTES J. sa. INSTRUM., 1962, VOL. 39 Tyre connectors for use with liquid, gas and vacuum lines G. W. GREEN Ministry of Aviation, Royal Radar Establishment, Malvern, Worcs. MS. received 1st August 1962 tyre connec!to~~ of the lever operated type shown are We have used tyre connectors for some years in crystal growing equipment to terminate cooling water connections, useful as inexpensive pipe-couplings in the laboratory. The as well as a gas and a vacuum line. These have to be removed principle of operation is the endwise compression of a rubber and replaced frequently, and the use of these connectors, sleeve, as in a type of vacuum coupling (Turnbull 1959, so rather than conventional spanner-tightened unions, saves as to grip an inserted tube. much time and effort. They have proved to be reliable and leak-free. For some applications it is useful to replace the moving member by one in which the side arm bore has been increased to the maximum practicable, about &in. The connector will fit tube, threaded or (preferably) plain, over the approxi- $ to &in. outside diameter. mate range of References TURNBULL, A. H., 1955, Vacuum, 5, 131. Tyre connector. J. sa. INSTRUM., TI - A stable two-transistor oscillator for displacement measurements JF - Journal of Scientific Instruments DO - 10.1088/0950-7671/39/12/442 DA - 1962-12-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/iop-publishing/a-stable-two-transistor-oscillator-for-displacement-measurements-1Qk0wD1Vml SP - 646 VL - 39 IS - 12 DP - DeepDyve ER -