US 5,181,680 A · Trap sleeve mounting bracket

Abstract

A trap sleeve mounting bracket is used to mount a plurality of trap sleeves on a cable. The disclosed trap sleeve mounting bracket includes a tap bracket having a cable-connecting portion and a planar bottom portion, a connector for connecting the cable-connecting portion of the tap bracket to the cable, a planar adapter plate removably attached to the planar bottom portion of the tap bracket, and at least one W-shaped clip removably attached to the adapter plate which holds two trap sleeves in parallel relation to the cable. Two W-shaped clips are preferably attached to the adapter plate to allow the mounting of four trap sleeves. The W-shaped clips are preferably provided with windows to allow visual inspection of traps mounted therein, and the clips and the adapter plate are preferably provided with tabs to prevent relative rotation therebetween.

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Dependent claims

A trap sleeve mounting bracket for mounting a plurality of trap sleeves on a cable, comprising:

a tap bracket having a cable-connecting portion and a planar bottom portion:
connecting means for connecting the cable-connecting portion of the tap bracket to the cable;
a planar adapter plate removably attached to the planar bottom portion of the tap bracket;
and at least one W-shaped clip removably attached to said planar adapter plate and having two cradle portions adapted to hold two trap sleeves in substantially parallel relationship to the cable, each of the cradle portions being provided with a window opening therein which allows visual inspection of a trap mounted therein;
wherein the bottom portion of the tap bracket comprises a projection which engages an aperture formed in the adapter plate to maintain a constant orientation between the tap bracket and the adapter plate.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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