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US 11,146,048 B2Granted
Service entrance head and methods
OwnerLaurin T. Wilson, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
An improved service entrance head including (a) a head or cap, (b) cap support or collar, (c) segmented conduit mounting and (d) an insulating service wire support or wire separator, that allows for replacement of an installed service entrance head with the service passing through the collar and separator without requiring that the service be severed. Both the collar and the wire separator may be segmented so that they can be removed from a position surrounding the service and replaced. Methods are disclosed.
Claims17
An improved service entrance cap support comprising:
- a sectioned mounting collar comprising at least two sections;
- a receiving column formed from the at least two sections of the sectioned mounting collar;
- a multi-piece wire separator comprising at least a wire support and an enclosing brace;
- an insulator support configured to hold the multi-piece wire separator;
- and
- wherein the insulator support is tilted from 20-90 degrees with respect to the sectioned mounting collar.
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A method for forming an improved service entrance cap support comprising:
- forming a sectioned mounting collar comprising at least two sections;
- forming the at least two sections to define a receiving column;
- forming a multi-piece wire separator comprising at least a wire support and an enclosing brace;
- and
- forming an insulator support configured to hold the multi-piece wire separator,
- wherein the insulator support is tilted from 20-90 degrees with respect to the sectioned mounting collar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.