Method and apparatus for engaging threaded members.

A COUPLING DEVICE INCLUDING A FIRST MEMBER (10) PROVIDED WITH EXTERNAL THREADS (16) AND A SECOND MEMBER (12) THAT HAS AN OPENING WITHIN WHICH THE FIRST MEMBER IS INSERTED. THE SECOND MEMBER IS EQUIPPED WITH A PLURALITY OF INTERNALLY MOUNTED THREADED ELEMENTS (28) TO RECEIVE THE EXTERNAL THREADS OF THE FIRST MEMBER. A STRUCTURE IS PROVIDED BY WHICH THE FIRST MEMBER (10) CAN BE INSERTED WITHIN THE SECOND MEMBER (12) THROUGH THE RECTILINE SLIDING MOVEMENT, AFTER WHICH THE FIRST MEMBER (10) IS ROTATED IN WATERPROOF CONNECTION WITH THE SECOND MEMBER ( ). THE RELEASE OF THE FIRST MEMBER (10) IS ACCOMPANIED BY ROTATION OF THE FIRST MEMBER (10) VERY SLIGHTLY IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AFTER WHICH SIMPLE MANUAL MANIPULATION OF THE SECOND MEMBER (12) REMOVES THE THREADED ELEMENTS (28) OF THE CONNECTION THAT THE FIRST MEMBER BE SLIDELY REMOVED FROM THE SECOND MEMBER.