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US 2019/0296457 A1Published application
Spring loaded paralell pad clamp connectors connectable using lineman hot sticks
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsRobert Victor De France, Daniel David Dobrinski, Jefferson Robert Hall
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Abstract
A spring-loaded parallel pad clamp connector is provided. The clamp includes a top jaw; a bottom jaw having an eye depending therefrom; one or more springs biasing the top and bottom jaws to a closed position; and a surface positioned a predetermined distance from the eye so that the surface acts as a fulcrum and force translation surface for a lineman hot stick.
Claims16
A method of connecting a spring-loaded parallel pad clamp connector to a conductor, comprising:
- moving a hook of a hot stick to an open position;
- connecting the hook and an eye of the spring-loaded parallel pad clamp connector while the hot stick is in the open position;
- and
- moving the hot stick to a closed position such that the hook draws at least a portion of the eye into the hot stick and such the hook moves the spring-loaded parallel pad clamp connector to an open position.
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A method of connecting a spring-loaded parallel pad clamp connector to a conductor, comprising:
- moving a hook of a hot stick to an open position;
- connecting the hook and an eye of the spring-loaded parallel pad clamp connector while the hot stick is in the open position;
- and
- moving the hot stick to a closed position such that the hot stick acts on a portion of the spring-loaded parallel pad clamp connector as a fulcrum and force translation surface to move the spring-loaded parallel pad clamp connector to an open position as the hot stick is moved to the closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.