Line bypass system
AssigneePreformed Line Products Company
InventorsAdam Deel, Randy Cloud
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Abstract
A line bypass system includes a support structure including a first support portion and a second support portion spaced apart from the first support portion. The support structure includes an attachment portion that attaches the first support portion to the second support portion. The first support portion and the second support portion define a first opening on a first side of the attachment portion and a second opening on a second side of the attachment portion. The first opening movably receives a first guide wire and the second opening movably receives a second guide wire.
Claims20
A line bypass system comprising:
- a support structure comprising:
- a first support portion defining a first opening;
- a first guide device defining a second opening;
- a first connecting structure configured to pass through the first opening and the second opening to connect the first guide device to the first support portion, wherein the first guide device defines a first channel into which a first wire portion of a first guide wire is received and the first channel extends a distance in a direction substantially parallel to a direction along which the first guide wire extends;
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- an attachment structure configured to attach to a suspension device such that the support structure is supported below the suspension device, wherein:
- the first connecting structure extends in a second direction to pass through the first opening and the second opening;
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- the first support portion is disposed between the attachment structure and the first guide device along the second direction when the attachment structure is attached to the suspension device.
A line bypass system comprising:
- a support structure defining a first channel, into which a first section of a first wire portion of a guide wire is received, and a second channel, into which a first section of a second wire portion of the guide wire is received;
- a second support structure defining a third channel, into which a second section of the first wire portion is received, and a fourth channel, into which a second section of the second wire portion is received;
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- a third support structure disposed between the support structure and the second support structure in a direction along which the guide wire extends, wherein:
- the support structure, the second support structure, and the third support structure are separately made elements;
- the support structure extends from a first end surface to a second end surface;
- the second support structure extends from a first end surface to a second end surface;
- the third support structure extends from a first end surface to a second end surface;
- the first end surface of the support structure is adjacent to and faces the first end surface of the third support structure once the line bypass system is assembled;
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- the first end surface of the second support structure is adjacent to and faces the second end surface of the third support structure once the line bypass system is assembled.
A line bypass system comprising:
- an attachment structure configured to attach the line bypass system to a suspension device;
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- a first guide device coupled to the attachment structure and extending from a first end to a second end, wherein:
- the first guide device defines a first channel into which a first wire portion of a first guide wire is received, the first guide device defining the first channel as an arc having a middle portion between a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein:
- the first end portion of the arc is proximate the first end of the first guide device,
- the second end portion of the arc is proximate the second end of the first guide device,
- the middle portion of the arc is higher than the first end portion of the arc such that, when the line bypass system is attached to the suspension device, a first distance between the middle portion of the arc and an elevation of the suspension device is less than a second distance between the first end portion of the arc and the elevation of the suspension device,
- the middle portion of the arc is higher than the second end portion of the arc such that, when the line bypass system is attached to the suspension device, the first distance between the middle portion of the arc and the elevation of the suspension device is less than a third distance between the second end portion of the arc and the elevation of the suspension device.
A line bypass system comprising:
- a support structure comprising:
- a mid-section;
- a first flange to a first side of the mid-section, the first flange extending along a first flange axis;
- a second flange to a second side of the mid-section, the second side opposite the first side relative to the mid-section, the second flange extending along a second flange axis, the first flange axis not parallel to the second flange axis, the first flange axis and the second flange axis lying within a first plane;
- a first projection projecting from the first flange, wherein a first opening is defined between the mid-section and the first projection, the first opening configured to movably receive a first guide wire;
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- a second projection projecting from the second flange, wherein a second opening is defined between the mid-section and the second projection, the second opening configured to movably receive a second guide wire, wherein:
- the first guide wire extends away from the support structure in a direction defined by a line drawn from the mid-section to the first flange,
- the second guide wire extends away from the support structure in a second direction defined by a line drawn from the mid-section to the second flange, and
- the first flange, the mid-section, and the second flange are arranged so as to define a horizontal arc that lies within a second plane parallel to the first plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.