INSULATOR TOP CLAMP
First Claim
1. An insulator top clamp including, in combination, an elongated body having a '"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'U'"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'-channel formed therein throughout its length, first and second ends of said '"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'U'"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'-channel, first and second lips respectively formed on said first and second ends, each of said lips providing a depressed base of said channel with widened sidewalls, said first lip occupying a greater portion of said body than said second lip, transverse turrets projecting from said body at said first lip, said turrets having cylindrical surfaces formed to cooperate with complementary surfaces of said insulator allowing pivotal movement of said body in a vertical plane with said channel facing upwardly, a cooperating jaw member overlying a portion of said channel, and means for moving said jaw member toward and away from said body, same means allowing unobstructed access to said channel from the side thereof.
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Abstract
An insulator top clamp for connecting a cable to the top of an insulator having a cable-receiving channel with a lip at one end with means for attaching the clamp to the insulator for pivotal movement at that end and a jaw member at the remaining end for connecting the cable to the clamp.
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2 Claims
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1. An insulator top clamp including, in combination, an elongated body having a '"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'U'"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'-channel formed therein throughout its length, first and second ends of said '"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'U'"'"''"'"''"'"''"'"'-channel, first and second lips respectively formed on said first and second ends, each of said lips providing a depressed base of said channel with widened sidewalls, said first lip occupying a greater portion of said body than said second lip, transverse turrets projecting from said body at said first lip, said turrets having cylindrical surfaces formed to cooperate with complementary surfaces of said insulator allowing pivotal movement of said body in a vertical plane with said channel facing upwardly, a cooperating jaw member overlying a portion of said channel, and means for moving said jaw member toward and away from said body, same means allowing unobstructed access to said channel from the side thereof.
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2. An insulator top clamp in accordance with claim 1 in which said jaw member is adjacent said second lip.
Specification
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Current AssigneeCarl B. Nordstrom
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Original AssigneeCarl B. Nordstrom
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InventorsNordstrom, Carl B.
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Primary Examiner(s)Harris, Chancellor E.
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Application NumberUS05/046,251Time in Patent Office533 DaysField of Search248/74,63,62,61,66,64 24/135N 174/150,169US Class Current248/74.1CPC Class CodesF16L 3/08 substantially surrounding t...H01B 17/22 Fastening of conductors to ...H01R 4/38 utilising a clamping member...
