Cable clamp

A cable clamp with clamping jaws, a clamping wedge and a clamping closing and locking device characterized by:

• (a) a base having a fastening device for supporting the clamp at the upper end and including a clamping surface for engaging a cable and a bolt at the lower end with a nut tightenable thereon,
• (b) an angular-shaped clamping jaw pivotally attached on a pivot at the upper end of the base to open and close therewith and including a clamping surface for engaging said cable,
• (c) a clamping wedge mounted to slide between said base and said clamping jaw toward and away from said upper end including guide means and a carrier bolt thereon, said wedge movable upwardly toward a cable releasing position and downwardly toward a cable clamping position, and
• (d) a breechblock pivotally mounted on a second pin at the lower end of said clamping jaw having first surfaces for driving the carrier bolt and clamping wedge downwardly between said base and jaw into said cable clamping position wherein said cable is wedged and held by clamping surfaces on said jaw and base against said wedge when said breechblock is pivoted towards a closed position, and including second surfaces forming a slot open at the end adapted to engage and receive said bolt on said base for moving the lower ends of said clamping jaw and base toward each other to close said clamp against said cable on said wedge as said breechblock is pivoted towrd a closed position,
• said breechblock including a closing depression adjacent said slot for receiving said nut when tightened on said bolt to hold said base and jaw in a cable tensioning position intermediate said open and closed positions wherein tension can be applied to said cable by pulling on a free end of said cable, and further including a locking depression adjacent an inner end of said slot for receiving said nut when tightened on said bolt for securing said base and jaw in said cable clamping position tightly against a cable on said wedge, said second surfaces forming an angle of 82.degree. to 88.degree. with a connecting line running between said bolt on said base and said second pin when said clamp is in said cable clamping position.