Flap seating indicator
AssigneeThomas & Betts International, Inc.
InventorsLarry Norman Siebens, Anthony Reed, Roger Provencal
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Abstract
A flap seating indicator for loadbreak and deadbreak connectors that include a substantially round ring-shaped body and a plurality of flaps located around the circumference of the body and extending from one of the side edges. Each of the plurality of flaps has a first section that attaches to the body and is pivotably connected to a second section that has an indicating surface. The seating indicator is attached to an inner surface of an elbow cuff lip on an elbow connector. When a bushing insert is properly inserted into the elbow connector, the second section of each of the plurality of flaps pivots so that the indicating surfaces of the flaps face the elbow connector.
Claims13
A seating indicator for a loadbreak connector or a deadbreak connector, the seating indicator comprising:
- a substantially round ring-shaped body having a circumference, an exterior surface on the outside of the body, an interior surface on the inside of the body and two opposing side edges;
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- a plurality of flaps located around the circumference of the body and extending from one of the side edges, wherein each of the plurality of flaps comprises first and second sections that are pivotably connected, wherein the first section attaches to the body and the second section has an indicating surface,
- wherein the body is attached to an inner surface of an elbow cuff lip on an elbow connector, and wherein proper insertion of a bushing insert into the elbow connector pivots the second section of the plurality of flaps so that the indicating surface of the flaps face the elbow connector.
A seating indicator for a loadbreak connector or a deadbreak connector, the seating indicator comprising:
- a band having top and bottom surfaces and first and second sides;
- a plurality of members extending outwardly from the first side, wherein each of the plurality of members has an end;
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- a plurality of flaps pivotably mounted to the ends of the plurality of members, wherein each of the flaps has an indicating surface,
- wherein the band is attached to a bushing insert, and wherein proper insertion of the bushing insert into an elbow connector pivots the flaps so that the indicating surfaces of the flaps face the elbow connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.