Cable clamp with alignment means
AssigneeW. H. Brady Co.
InventorsGerald T. Downing, Gregory W. Gyllstrom
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Abstract
A cable clamp (1, 20, 30) including an arcuate central body portion (2) which is to encircle a cable (15), a first flat end portion (3) and a second flat end portion (4) extending from opposite ends of the central body portion, and apertures (5, 6) in each flat end portion. One end portion has a peripheral flange (10) extending therefrom and the other has a tongue (11) proportioned to nest within the flange when the two end portions are brought together, thereby providing accurate registration of the apertures (5, 6) in the two end portions.
Claims7
In a cable clamp of the type including an arcuate central body portion, a first flat end portion extending from one end of the central body portion, a second flat end poriton extending from the opposite end of the central body portion, and an aperture in the first flat end portion and an aperture in the second flat end portion, the improvement wherein:
- (1) one of the flat end portions includes a peripheral flange extending toward the other flat end portion,
- (2) the other flat end portion includes a tongue proportioned to nest within the peripheral flange when the first and second end portions are in engagement with one another, whereby the apertures in the two flat end portions are in registry for attachment of the cable clamp to an object upon engagement of the first and second flat end portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.