Flexible belt arrangement for securing winding conductors
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorsHarold M. Philofsky, Julius J. Wu
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Abstract
A winding conductor is surrounded by a continuous, flexible belt which is doubled over to provide loops at each end thereof. A non-metallic rod is disposed through the loops and through an opening in an adjacent supporting member. A wedge is inserted in the opening to move the rod and produce tension in the belt for forcing the conductor tightly in a radial direction against the supporting member. The belt consists of a plurality of glass fiber cords which are surrounded by a cured elastomeric material. The cords are formed from glass fiber strands which are twisted sufficiently to provide the desired amount of belt strength and flexibility.
Claims9
Electromechanical apparatus having a stator iron core, comprising:
- stator end winding conductors extending from the stator iron core;
- a non-metallic supporting structure coupled to the stator iron core;
- a resilient and flexible member reinforced with non-metallic cores of twisted strands, said flexible member having two ends and being disposed around a portion of an end winding conductor;
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- means for connecting the ends of said flexible member to the supporting structure to develop a tensile stress in the flexible member which tends to pull said conductor toward the supporting structure.
Electromechanical apparatus having a stator iron core, comprising:
- stator end winding conductors extending from the stator iron core;
- a non-metallic supporting structure coupled to the stator iron core;
- a continuous, flexible, and resilient belt folded over to provide loops at each end thereof, said belt being disposed around a portion of an end winding conductor, and said belt including an elastomeric material reinforced with a continuous array of parallel cords constructed of twisted, nonmetallic strands;
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- means for connecting the ends of said belt to the supporting structure to develop a tensile stress in the belt which tends to pull said conductor toward the supporting structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.