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Bayonet base sockets
Bayonet base sockets




bayonet base sockets

bayonet base sockets

To disconnect, the two parts are pushed together to move the pin out of the "serif" while twisting in the opposite direction than for connecting, and then pulling apart. A practised user can connect them quickly and, unlike screw connectors, they are not subject to cross-threading. The spring then pushes the male connector up into the "serif" to keep the pin locked into place. Once the pins reach the bottom of the slot, one or both parts are rotated so that the pin slides along the horizontal arm of the L until it reaches the "serif".

bayonet base sockets

To couple the two parts, the pin(s) on the male are aligned with the slot(s) on the female and the two pushed together. The bayonet mount is the standard light bulb fitting in the United Kingdom and in many countries that were members of the British Empire including Pakistan, Australia, Hong Kong, Fiji India, Sri Lanka, Ireland, and New Zealand, parts of the Middle East and Africa and, historically, in France and Greece.

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The slots are shaped like a capital letter L with serif (a short upward segment at the end of the horizontal arm) the pin slides into the vertical arm of the L, rotates across the horizontal arm, then is pushed slightly upwards into the short vertical "serif" by the spring the connector is no longer free to rotate unless pushed down against the spring until the pin is out of the "serif". A bayonet mount (mainly as a method of mechanical attachment, such as fitting a lens to a camera using a matching lens mount) or bayonet connector (for electrical use) is a fastening mechanism consisting of a cylindrical male side with one or more radial pins, and a female receptor with matching L-shaped slot(s) and with spring(s) to keep the two parts locked together.






Bayonet base sockets