Conductor bracing system
AssigneeERICO International Corporation
InventorsGuillaume Gaillard, Pascal Godard, Frederic Bizet
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Abstract
A bracing system for one or more conductors includes a conductor support. The conductor support can include a first clip body and a second clip body. The first clip body can include a first base and a first-clip catches protruding from the first base in a first direction. The second clip body can include a second base and a second-clip catches protruding from the second base in a second direction. The conductor support has a secured configuration to secure a conductor to a building structure or other support structure, in which the conductor extends between the first and second bases and the first-clip catches engage the second clip catches to secure the first clip body to the second clip body.
Claims20
A bracing system for conductors, the bracing system comprising:
- a conductor support that includes:
- a first clip body that includes a first clip base and first clip catches extending from the first clip base in a first direction, the first clip catches including a first cantilevered leg with a distal shoulder and a first deflector leg with a proximal shoulder;
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- a second clip body that includes a second clip base and second clip catches extending from the second clip base in a second direction, including a second cantilevered leg with a distal shoulder and a second deflector leg with a proximal shoulder;
- the conductor support having a staging configuration in which:
- the first clip body and the second clip body are spaced from each other to receive a conductor between the first clip base and the second clip base;
- the first deflector leg is aligned to deflect the second cantilevered leg;
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- the second deflector leg is aligned to deflect the first cantilevered leg;
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- the conductor support having a secured configuration in which:
- the first clip body and the second clip body are spaced from each other to secure the conductor between the first clip base and the second clip base;
- the distal shoulder of the first cantilevered leg engages the proximal shoulder of the second deflector leg to secure the first clip body to the second clip body;
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- the distal shoulder of the second cantilevered leg engages the proximal shoulder of the first deflector leg to secure the first clip body to the second clip body.
A bracing system to secure one or more conductors, the bracing system comprising:
- a conductor support that includes:
- a first clip body that includes a first clip base and a plurality of first clip catches that protrude from the first clip base in a first direction, each first clip catch of the plurality of first clip catches including a shoulder;
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- a second clip body that includes a second clip base and a plurality of second clip catches protruding from the second clip base in a second direction, each second clip catch of the plurality of second clip catches including a shoulder,
- the conductor support having a secured configuration that secures a conductor between the first clip base and the second clip base, with the plurality of first clip catches extending toward the second clip base, the plurality of second clip catches extending toward the first clip base, and the shoulders of the plurality of first clip catches engaging the shoulders of the plurality of second clip catches to secure the first clip body to the second clip body.
A method of securing one or more conductors using a conductor support that includes a first clip body and a second clip body, the method comprising:
- securing a first clip base of the first clip body to a support structure in alignment with an electrical device;
- aligning the first clip body and a second clip body of the conductor support in a staging configuration, in which:
- the first clip base is spaced by a first distance from a second clip base of the second clip body;
- first clip catches extend from the first clip base, in a first direction, toward the second clip base;
- second clip catches extend from the second clip base, in a second direction, toward the first clip body;
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- a conductor extends between the first clip base and the second clip base;
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- securing the conductor between the first clip base and the second clip base to secure the conductor in alignment for connection with the electrical device, by moving the first and second clip bases toward each other in the first or second directions to engage shoulders of the first clip catches with shoulders of the second clip catches and secure the first clip body to the second clip body with the second clip base spaced from the first clip base by a second distance that is smaller than the first distance.
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