Drop wire clamp and method for securing drop wire
AssigneeAllied Bolt, Inc.
InventorsGlen K. Malin, David Wolf
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Abstract
A drop wire clamp for securing a drop wire having a messenger strand and a support wire and a method for securing the drop wire and for transferring the load of the drop wire to a support structure is provided. The clamp uses a helical spiral and an anchor for engaging and securing the drop wire. The support wire may be placed into the channel defined by the helical spiral by inserting the drop wire through an open end of the channel, by weaving the drop wire into openings between coils of the helical spiral or by deforming a malleable segment of the clamp to shape and form a helical spiral around the support wire. The clamp with engaged drop wire is fixed and supported to a support structure so that at least part of the load of the drop wire transfers to the structure.
Claims24
A drop wire clamp for supporting a messenger strand and securing a support wire comprising:
- a first means for securing an end of the support wire to a fixed position;
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- means for supporting the messenger strand in operative relation to the first means comprising an elongated helical spiral shaped and sized to be threaded about the messenger strand.
A drop wire clamp for securing and supporting a drop wire having a messenger strand and a support wire extending co-extensively over a predetermined path comprising:
- an elongated helical spiral having at least one coil defining an elongated channel with a diameter greater than a diameter of the drop wire and with a pitch minus a width of the coil greater than the drop wire cable diameter;
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- a means for securing an end of the support wire.
A load bearing drop wire clamp for supporting a drop wire to a structure, the drop wire having a messenger strand and a support wire, the drop wire clamp comprising:
- an elongated helical spiral defining an elongated channel sized and shaped to receive a segment of the drop wire therethrough;
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- means for securing an end of the support wire to the drop wire clamp with the messenger strand extending therefrom and with the drop wire clamp having means for securing the drop wire clamp to a fixed structure whereby a load of the messenger strand is in part supported by the engagement of the drop wire and the drop wire clamp.
A drop wire clamp for supporting a drop wire having a messenger strand and a support wire comprising:
- an elongated helical spiral having at least one coil defining an elongated channel sized and shaped to accept a coextending segment of the drop wire;
- a flange attached to the elongated helical spiral and positioned on a pane substantially parallel to the elongated channel;
- an anchor disposed on the flange;
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- a bail with ends attached to the flange.
A method for supporting a weight of a load of a messenger strand running coextensively with a support wire of a drop wire comprising:
- loading the support wire with at least part of the load of the messenger strand;
- transferring at least part of the load of the support wire to a drop wire clamp by placing a segment of the support wire into an elongated channel defined by an elongated helical spiral on the drop wire clamp and fastening an end of the support wire to an anchor on the drop wire clamp;
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- attaching the loaded drop wire clamp to a supporting structure.
A drop wire clamp for supporting a drop wire having a messenger strand and a support wire comprising:
- a rigid segment attached to a malleable segment capable of being shaped around the drop wire to form an elongated helical spiral around the drop wire;
- a means for securing an end the support wire to the drop wire clamp;
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- a means for securing the drop wire clamp to a supporting structure.
A method for supporting a messenger strand and a support wire comprising:
- winding a malleable segment of a drop wire clamp around the support wire;
- attaching and securing an end of the support wire to an anchor affixed to the drop wire clamp;
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- securing the drop wire clamp with attached support wire to a support structure.
A drop wire clamp for supporting a messenger strand and securing a support wire comprising:
- a first means for securing an end of the support wire to a fixed position comprising a washer on a clamp body;
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- a means for supporting the messenger strand in operative relation to the first means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.