Theft-resistant cable clamp
AssigneeReinke Manufacturing Co., Inc.
InventorBRADLEY GEORGE WEATHERL
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Abstract
Aspects of the present invention provide a theft-resistant cable clamp that increases the time and effort required to remove the cable from the irrigation equipment, thereby deterring thieves As the extensions that protrude from the cable-reception loop are forced together, the walls of the cable-reception loop compress against the cable. Openings in the extensions on the cable clamp allow the cable clamp to fit over a component of the irrigation equipment. A plurality of teeth can protrude from the perimeter of an opening to grip the exterior of the component. A coupler or other component may have a groove into which the teeth engage when the cable clamp is in a final location on the component.
Claims20
A method for securing a cable to an irrigation structure with a theft-resistant cable clamp, the method comprising:
- inserting the cable into a cable-reception loop by sliding the cable between an upper extension and a lower extension;
- installing the lower extension onto a component of the irrigation structure by causing the component to pass through a lower opening in the lower extension;
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- installing the upper extension onto the component of the irrigation structure by applying a sufficient force on the upper extension to slide a plurality of teeth extending from a perimeter of an upper opening in the upper extension over an exterior surface of the component and to force a lower face of the upper extension towards an upper face of the lower extension.
A method for securing a cable to an irrigation structure with a theft-resistant cable clamp, the method comprising:
- inserting the cable into a cable-reception loop by sliding the cable between an upper extension and a lower extension;
- installing the lower extension onto a component of the irrigation structure by causing the component to pass through a lower opening in the lower extension;
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- installing the upper extension onto the component of the irrigation structure by applying a sufficient force on the upper extension to slide a plurality of teeth extending from a perimeter of an upper opening in the upper extension down an exterior of the component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.