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US 3,999,340 AGranted
Insulating cover and clamp for guy wires or covers
AssigneeVirginia Plastics Company
InventorsStephen B. Bogese, Charles E. Bogese, Stephen B. Bogese, II
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AssigneeVirginia Plastics Company
InventorsStephen B. Bogese, Charles E. Bogese, Stephen B. Bogese, II
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An insulating protective cover sleeve assembly for a guy wire consisting of a longitudinally slit sleeve of insulating material having an enlarged bottom end portion. In the lower end portion of the sleeve is secured a clamp, likewise of insulating material. The clamp consists of two opposing jaws integrally connected by a flexible band. The jaws are formed with two sets of different-sized opposing arcuate recesses to receive different sizes of guy wires therebetween. One of the jaws has a counterbore hole to receive a clamping screw which is threadedly engageable in the other jaw to tighten the clamp. The wall of the enlarged sleeve portion has a hole registering with the counterbored hole so that a screwdriver or Allen wrench may be drivingly engaged with the clamping screw. A channel-shaped clip engages over the top corner portions of the sleeve segments adjacent the top of the sleeve slit and is secured to one segment. The assembly allows the sleeve to expand or contract without causing distortion thereof. In a modified arrangement, clamps are provided in both the top and bottom of the sleeve, but the top clamp is loose, allowing unrestricted expansion and contraction of the sleeve. The enlarged bottom end portion may be omitted and the clamp may be secured in the normal cross-section at the bottom end of the slit sleeve.
A protective cover assembly for a guy wire or the like comprising an elongated sleeve member formed with a longitudinal slit to allow the sleeve member to be engaged around a wire, and a clamp member secured in the sleeve member, said clamp member comprising a first jaw element secured to the sleeve member, a second jaw element opposite said first jaw element, a flexible band element movably connecting said jaw elements, said jaw elements defining a space therebetween substantially aligned with said slit and adapted to receive the wire when it has been passed through said slit, and means positioned between said space and said flexible band element for connecting said jaw elements and arranged to move one jaw element towards the other to clamp the wire therebetween.
A clamp device for use in a protective cover member, said clamp device comprising a first rigid jaw element, a second rigid jaw element opposite said first jaw element, a flexible band element having first and second spaced pivot ends to which said first and second jaw elements are respectively pivotally connected, said jaw elements defining a gripping space therebetween shaped to receive a wire or the like, and means disposed between said band element and said gripping space for connecting said jaw elements and arranged to move said jaw elements together to clamp the wire therebetween.
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