CLAMPING ASSEMBLY FOR AERIALLY SUSPENDED CABLES
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1. A cable clamping assembly suitable for use with a spacer damper for dampening vibrations in aerially suspended cables in which the spacer damper has a main body, said assembly comprising:
- a. two clamp members adapted for connection to said spacer damper body and shaped and dimensioned to hold a cable therebetween, b. one of said clamp members being a casting forming a main cable supporting member, c. a spring clamp member having a generally flat leaf springlike section and a cable holding jaw section which is shaped and dimensioned to firmly hold said cable so as to substantially eliminate relative movement therebetween, d. said leaf springlike section being dimensioned to extend into a recess formed in said casting, e. holding means adapted to engage the said spring clamp member approximate the center of said spring the end of said spring remote from said cable being in clamping connection with the structure of said main cable supporting member, f. said holding means comprising a bolt extending through both said spring clamp member and said main cable supporting member, g. said spring clamp member possessing sufficient resiliency and strength to accommodate rearrangement of physical characteristics within the assembly during repeated temperature cycling so as to substantially maintain an original set of installation conditions.
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Abstract
A cable clamping assembly which has a main clamp member which cooperates with a spring clamp member to firmly hold a cable therebetween. Holding means extend through the clamp members to hold the cable so as to substantially eliminate relative movement. The spring clamp member possesses sufficient resiliency and strength to accommodate rearrangement of physical characteristics within the assembly during repeated temperature cycling so as to substantially maintain an original set of installation conditions.
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1. A cable clamping assembly suitable for use with a spacer damper for dampening vibrations in aerially suspended cables in which the spacer damper has a main body, said assembly comprising:
- a. two clamp members adapted for connection to said spacer damper body and shaped and dimensioned to hold a cable therebetween, b. one of said clamp members being a casting forming a main cable supporting member, c. a spring clamp member having a generally flat leaf springlike section and a cable holding jaw section which is shaped and dimensioned to firmly hold said cable so as to substantially eliminate relative movement therebetween, d. said leaf springlike section being dimensioned to extend into a recess formed in said casting, e. holding means adapted to engage the said spring clamp member approximate the center of said spring the end of said spring remote from said cable being in clamping connection with the structure of said main cable supporting member, f. said holding means comprising a bolt extending through both said spring clamp member and said main cable supporting member, g. said spring clamp member possessing sufficient resiliency and strength to accommodate rearrangement of physical characteristics within the assembly during repeated temperature cycling so as to substantially maintain an original set of installation conditions.
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2. A spacer damper for damping vibrations in aerially suspended cables including:
- a. a main spacer damper body section, b. two clamp members adapted for connection to said spacer damper body and shaped and dimensioned to hold a cable therebetween, c. one of said clamp meMbers being a casting forming a main cable supporting member, d. a spring clamp member having a generally flat leaf springlike section and a cable holding jaw section which is shaped and dimensioned to firmly hold said cable so as to substantially eliminate relative movement therebetween, e. said leaf springlike section being dimensioned to extend into a recess formed in said casting, f. holding means adapted to engage the said spring clamp member approximate the center of said spring the end of said spring remote from said cable being in clamping connection with the structure of said main cable supporting member, g. said holding means comprising a bolt extending through both said spring clamp member and said main cable supporting member, h. said spring clamp member possessing sufficient resiliency and strength to accommodate rearrangement of physical characteristics within the assembly during repeated temperature cycling so as to substantially maintain an original set of installation conditions.
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3. A cable clamping assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein one of said clamp members is constituted by the main leaf of a multileaf spring, said clamp including holding means engageable with the outer leaf of said multileaf spring and with the other clamp member so as to hold said clamp members firmly clamped onto the cable.
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4. A cable clamping assembly according to claim 3 wherein the main leaf of said multileaf spring includes a curved end portion for engaging the cable, and wherein the outer leaf or leaves of said spring terminate short of said curved end portion.
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