Clamping device with adjusting ring
AssigneeElectro-Clamp Corporation
InventorsPaul V. Cornell, Paul A. Cornell
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Abstract
An improved rotary jaw clamping device is disclosed for use with cables, wires and the like which includes means disposed between the rotating jaws of the clamp to adjust the cable-receiving and cable-clamping capability of the clamp to enable its use with cables of varying diameters.
Claims7
A cable clamping device of the rotary jaw type comprising:
- a male member including a generally cylindrical head and a mounting tail extending therefrom, said male head having a transverse cable-receiving bore;
- a female member including a sleeve and a mounting tail extending therefrom, said sleeve having a cable-receiving bore;
- said female member adapted to receive said male head and to rotate thereon between open and closed positions, said male and female bores being generally aligned to receive a cable in said open position and offset to effect clamping forces on said cable in said closed position;
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- means disposed between said male head and said female sleeve for adjusting the cable-receiving and cable-clamping capability of said device to enable the use of said device with cables of varying diameters.
In a cable clamping device of the rotary jaw type having male and female members which rotationally engage between open and closed positions and wherein said members have respective transverse bores which align to receive a cable in the open position and offset of effect clamping forces on said cable in the closed position, the improvement comprising:
- adjusting means disposed between said male and female members for adjusting the cable-receiving and cable-clamping capability of said device said adjusting means comprising a ring adapted for mounting at a plurality of circumferential positions on one of said members and having means to prevent the rotational displacement of said ring relative to said one member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.