Coaxial cable connector with internal pressure seal

1. A pressure seal for a coaxial cable connector comprising:

a female F-Type port;

the port including a port tube having a port tube face;

a connector insert fixed to an inside wall of the port tube so as to prevent movement of the connector insert along the length of the port tube;

a non-metallic gasket suitable for forming a pressure seal extending from the port tube face;

the gasket having a central passage dimensioned for receiving a central conductor of an RG-6 or smaller coaxial cable therethrough;

a forward face of the gasket about perpendicular to an axis of the central passage, said forward face having an outer diameter greater than about five (5) millimeters; and,

the gasket operable to be compressed by a mandrel of a male F-Type connector for connecting an RG-6 or smaller coaxial cable being mated with the port and at least a portion of the forward face of the gasket operable to seal against a face of said mandrel.

2. The device of claim 1 further comprising a second seal formed around a periphery of the gasket in contact with the port tube.

3. The device of claim 2 further comprising:

an inwardly directed rim supported by the first tube;

the rim defining a first face having a central aperture, said face located in a plane about normal to an axis of the tube;

the gasket passing through the aperture;

a first section of the gasket having an outer first diameter, said first section extending from the aperture and located within the tube;

a second section of the gasket having an inner second diameter, said second section extending from the aperture and located outside the tube; and,

a middle section of the gasket located between the first and second sections of the gasket, at least a portion of said middle section engaging and forming a first pressure seal with a side-wall of the aperture.

4. A method of forming a pressure seal in a coaxial cable connection comprising the steps of:

providing a female F-Type port, the port including a port tube having a port tube face;

anchoring a gasket to the port;

dimensioning a central passage of the gasket to receive a central conductor of an RG-6 or smaller coaxial cable therethrough without sealing around the central conductor;

extending a portion of the gasket through an aperture in the port tube face, said portion including a region having an outer diameter greater than about five (5) millimeters;

compressing the gasket with a mandrel of a male F-Type connector when the male connector is mated with the port, said male F-Type connector for connecting RG-7 or smaller coaxial cables; and,

sealing around a hole in the mandrel when the gasket is compressed.

5. A spring lock for a coaxial cable connector comprising:

a female F-Type port;

the port including a port tube having a port tube face;

a spring having a suitable modulus of elasticity and a central passage dimensioned for receiving a central conductor of an RG-6 or smaller coaxial cable therethrough without contacting the central conductor;

the spring extending from the port tube face, said spring having an inner diameter greater than about five (5) millimeters;

the port tube face operable to abut the face of a mandrel of a male connector being mated with the port, said male connector being an F-Type connector for connecting RG-6 or smaller coaxial cable and the spring operable to be compressed by the mandrel; and,

relative rotation of mated male and female connectors being resisted by spring forces tending to bind the threads a male connector nut to female port tube threads.