Cable Support Sytems
OwnerAlan Shueyinventor
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Abstract
Cable Support Systems for supporting an object at a desired distance below an overhead beam or other overhead structure are provided. Novel clamps for clamping to the overhead structure are fitted to support cables that encircle objects to be supported by the cable support systems. The novel clamps have internal methods to support the cables. The cables are then encircled around the objects and fixed relative to the clamp. The distances between the object and the clamps may be precisely controlled.
Claims2
A clamp for a cable support system to suspend an object from an overhead beam comprising:
- a. a generally “C” shaped clamp body;
- b. a threaded fastener threadingly received within one leg of the “C” shaped clamp body to clamp the “C” shaped body onto the overhead beam;
- c. a vertical bore through the “C” clamp body for receiving a cable to be suspended from the overhead beam;
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- d. an annular shoulder in the bore that prevents downward movement of an oversized end portion of the cable through the bore.
A cable support system for hanging an object at a desired distance below an overhead beam comprising:
- a. a clamp having a generally “C” shaped clamp body with a threaded fastener threadingly received within one leg of the “C” shaped body to clamp the “C” shaped body onto the overhead beam and a vertical bore through the clamp body to receive a cable to be suspended from the overhead beam, the vertical bore having an annular shoulder in the bore to prevent downward movement of an oversized end of the cable through the bore;
- b. an object to be suspended by the cable at a predetermined height below the beam:
- c. a cable grip having first and second bores extending longitudinally through a housing wherein the first bore permits free movement of a cable relative to the cable grip housing and the second bore has wedge means associated therewith that permit movement of the cable relative to the second bore in one direction but prevent movement of the cable in the other direction;
- d. the cable suspended from the clamp being passed through the first bore of the cable grip and thereafter being looped around the object and then being positioned within the second bore of the cable grip;
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- e. the height of the object below the beam being adjusted by adjusting the amount of cable moved through the cable grip second bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.