Drop wire clamp
AssigneeAllied Bolt, Inc.
InventorGlen K. Malin
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Abstract
A drop wire clamp comprising a shell, a wedge, and a shim, for securing a cable to a fixed object. The shell is an elongated open ended member that is tapered in length and is formed with a U shaped cross section, sized to receive the wedge in sliding engagement. The wedge has a shim fixed to its lower side with a surface shaped to frictionally engage the upper surface of a cable positioned within the shell and press it against a friction surface forming the bottom of the shell. A bail engages the wedge and shim to pull the wedge into operative engagement with the shell and a segment of cable extending through the shell.
Claims8
A drop wire clamp having a shell, a wedge, and a shim for securing a able to a fixed object,
- said shell formed as an elongated open ended member with one end having a smaller opening than the other and with the length of the shell shaped to receive an intermediate section of a cable,
- said wedge formed as an elongated member with one end smaller than the other and further shaped and sized to slide into the other end of the shell with the smaller end of the wedge first, and with a length of cable lying within the shell,
- said shim extending lengthwise of and at least in part facing said wedge with means fixing said wedge and shim together, and means for engaging and pulling said wedge and shim into a locking engagement with said shell and the cable positioned therein, wherein said fixing means comprises at least one engaging tab extending from one of said wedge and shim to the other of said wedge and shim.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.