Electrode receptacle plug and method
AssigneeFrance/Scott Fetzer Company
InventorDaniel W. Rice
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Abstract
An apparatus for an insulator tube in which a high-voltage conductor and an electrode of a high-voltage tube are connected. The insulator tube has a first end receiving the electrode, and the insulator tube is received by an open first end of a housing. The insulator tube and housing are connectable to mount the insulator tube and the housing to a structure. The apparatus is a plug having a tubular body adapted to extend through the opposite end of the insulator tube, and the plug has an inner ring within the tubular body adapted to receive and sealingly engage the high-voltage conductor. The plug also has outer rings extending from the tubular body that sealingly engage the insulator tube, thereby preventing moisture from exiting the insulator tube and causing a short circuit.
Claims29
An apparatus for an insulator tube containing a connection between a high-voltage conductor and an electrode of a high-voltage tube, the insulator tube having a first end receiving the electrode and an opposite end, the insulator tube being received by an open first end of a housing and connectable with the housing to mount the insulator tube and the housing to a structure, the apparatus comprising:
- a plug having
- a tubular body adapted to extend through the opposite end of the insulator tube;
- and
- an inner ring within the tubular body adapted to receive and sealingly engage the high-voltage conductor, thereby reducing a potential for arcing by preventing moisture inside the insulator tube from escaping therefrom.
A connector for supporting an electrical connection between an electrode of a high-voltage tube and a high-voltage conductor comprising:
- an insulator tube having a first opening adapted to receive the electrode and a second opening;
- a housing having a first opening for receiving the insulator tube and a second opening, the housing and the insulator tube being connectable to mount an assembly of the tube and the insulator tube to a structure;
- and
- a tubular plug having
- an inner end extending through the second opening of the insulator tube,
- an inner ring adapted to receive and sealingly engage the high-voltage conductor to prevent moisture from flowing through the tubular plug, and
- an outer end extending through the second opening in the housing and over the high-voltage conductor to prevent injury to the high-voltage conductor.
A method of reducing a potential for arcing and short circuits between ground and an interior of an insulator tube containing a connection between a high-voltage conductor and an electrode of a high-voltage tube, the insulator tube having a first end receiving the electrode and the insulator tube being received by an open first end of a housing and connectable in an assembly, the insulator tube and housing having respective opposite ends receiving the high-voltage conductor, the method comprising preventing liquid from leaving an interior of the insulator tube through the opposite end of the insulator tube.
A method of reducing a potential for arcing and short circuits between ground and an interior of an insulator tube containing a connection between a high-voltage conductor and an electrode of a high-voltage tube
- inserting a plug in a hole in a partially closed end of the insulator tube, the insulator tube having a first end receiving the electrode;
- inserting the insulator tube in an end of a housing, the housing being connectable to the insulator tube;
- inserting the plug in a hole in a closed end of the housing;
- inserting a high-voltage conductor through a centerbore of the plug;
- and
- blocking passage of moisture along the exterior surface of the conductor from an interior to an exterior of the insulator tube.
An apparatus for an insulator tube containing a connection between a high-voltage conductor and an electrode of a high-voltage tube, the insulator tube having a first end receiving the electrode and an opposite end, the insulator tube being received by an open first end of a housing and connectable with the housing to mount the insulator tube and the housing to a structure, the apparatus comprising:
- a plug having
- a tubular body adapted to extend through the opposite end of the insulator tube;
- and
- an inner ring within the tubular body adapted to receive and sealingly engage the high-voltage conductor, wherein the inner ring extends from an inner surface within the tubular body and is located proximate an inner end of the plug.
An apparatus for an insulator tube containing a connection between a high-voltage conductor and an electrode of a high-voltage tube, the insulator tube having a first end receiving the electrode and an opposite end, the insulator tube being received by an open first end of a housing and connectable with the housing to mount the insulator tube and the housing to a structure, the apparatus comprising:
- a plug having
- a tubular body adapted to extend through the opposite end of the insulator tube;
- an inner ring within the tubular body adapted to receive and sealingly engage the high-voltage conductor;
- and
- an outer ring extending from an outer surface of the tubular body and adapted to sealingly engage an inner surface of the opposite end of the insulator tube.
An apparatus for an insulator tube containing a connection between a high-voltage conductor and an electrode of a high-voltage tube, the insulator tube having a first end receiving the electrode and an opposite end, the insulator tube being received by an open first end of a housing and connectable with the housing to mount the insulator tube and the housing to a structure, the apparatus comprising:
- a plug having
- a tubular body adapted to extend through the opposite end of the insulator tube;
- and
- an inner ring within the tubular body adapted to receive and sealingly engage the high-voltage conductor;
- a first outer ring extending from an outer surface of the tubular body and adapted to sealingly engage an inner surface of the opposite end of the insulator tube;
- and
- a second outer ring extending from an outer surface of the tubular body and adapted to sealingly engage an outer surface of the opposite end of the insulator tube.
An apparatus for an insulator tube containing a connection between a high-voltage conductor and an electrode of a high-voltage tube, the insulator tube having a first end receiving the electrode and an opposite end, the insulator tube being received by an open first end of a housing and connectable with the housing to mount the insulator tube and the housing to a structure, the housing having internal threads at an opposite end, the apparatus comprising:
- a plug having
- a tubular body adapted to extend through the opposite end of the insulator tube, the tubular body having an outer end adapted to extend through the opposite end of the housing and past the internal threads;
- and
- an inner ring within the tubular body adapted to receive and sealingly engage the high-voltage conductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.