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Corona reduction in conductor clamps for high voltage transmission lines

  • US 3,185,763 A
  • Filed: 03/18/1963
  • Issued: 05/25/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/1963
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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6. A SUSPENSION CLAMP FOR LINE CONDUCTORS COMPRISING AN ELONGATE CLAMP BODY HAVING A LONGITUDINAL CABLE-RECEIVING GROOVE CONSTITUTED BY A BOTTOM WALL AND SPACED SIDE WALLS, A KEEPER IN THE CABLE GROOVE COMPRISING AN ELONGATE MEMBER HAVING A SEAT ON THE INTERIOR SURFACE THEREOF OPPOSED TO A CABLE SEAT ON THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE BOTTOM WALL OF THE CLAMP BODY, SIDE PIECES ON THE KEEPER EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OUTWARD FROM THE BODY OF THE KEEPER AND INTO RECESSES IN THE SIDE WALLS, MEANS SECURING THE KEEPER TO THE CLAMP BODY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF BOLT FASTENERS EXTENDING VERTICALLY THROUGH THE SIDE PIECES AND INTO THE SIDE WALLS, THE BLOT FASTENERS BEING RECEIVED IN OPENINGS EXDTENDING VERTICALLY THROUGH THE SIDE WALLS TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE CLAMP BODY AT THE LOWER PART OF THE BODY, MEANS AT THE LOWER PART OF THE BODY ELECTRICALLY SHIELDING THE LOWER EXTREMITIES OF THE FASTERNERS, AND MEANS AT THE UPPER PART OF THE BODY ELECTRICALLY SHIELDING THE SIDE PIECES AND THE UPPER EXTREMITIES OF THE FASTENERS, EACH OF THE EXTREMITIES OF DTDHE FASTENERS HAVING AN ASSOCIATED SHIELDING MEANS, ALL FOR CORONA-FREE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE CLAMP AT VOLTAGES TO AT LEAST 500 KV.

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