Band type cluster mount
AssigneeAlum-Form, Inc.
InventorEdward Dziedzic
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Abstract
A cluster mount, formed of a bearing plate, a bracket that engages with the bearing plate by means of fasteners, and resilient retention clips that are permanently secured to the cluster mount at positions for snugly retaining associated connecting links in place once the cluster mount components are assembled, to provide a cluster mount of a required circumferential dimension to be accommodated upon utility poles of varying sizes, after adjustment of the cluster mount components together during assembly. Connecting links are disposed for inserting through shaped slots furnished in the flanges of the bearing plate that provide adequate clearance for adjustment of each connecting link when assembled into the cluster mount.
Claims6
A band type cluster mount for use upon a utility pole comprising:
- adjusting plates adapted to be mounted to the utility pole, each said adjusting plate having a mounting means along one side and being adjustably connected to one another by a fastener, said fastener capable of adjustably tightening said adjusting plates together;
- bearing plates for supporting electrical equipment such as transformers connected to the adjusting plates by being structurally interlocked with said adjusting plate mounting means, said bearing plates each having slots therein to accommodate the adjusting plate mounting means;
- a series of resilient retention clips attached to the cluster mount, each said retention clip being biased between an adjusting plate and a bearing plate and having a readily accessible free end and a biased end, the biased end being engaged with one of said adjusting plate and bearing plate and capable of disengagement by applying pressure to the free end;
- wherein the bias of each retention clip applies a force through said biased end against its respective adjusting plate, said force being directed to keep the adjusting plate mounting means structurally interlocked with the bearing plate during assembly, installation and use of the cluster mount.
A band type cluster mount for use upon a utility pole comprising:
- one or more pairs of adjustable plates adapted to be mounted to the utility pole, the individual adjusting plates within each said pair being adjustably connected to one another by a fastener;
- bearing plates adapted to be mounted to the utility pole, each said bearing plate capable of supporting electrical equipment such as transformers;
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- connecting links;
- wherein said bearing plates, connecting links and said pairs of adjusting plates are structurally interlocked with one another in the approximate shape of a ring capable of encircling and being tightened onto the utility pole, and
- a series of resilient retention clips, said clips being attached to the cluster mount, each said retention clip being biased between a combination of any two of said adjusting plates and bearing plates, and associated connecting link, and having a readily accessible free end and a biased end, the biased end being engaged with said combination and capable of disengagement by applying pressure to the free end of said retention clip, wherein the bias of each retention clip applies a force through said biased end and directed to keep the members of said combination structurally interlocked with one another during assembly, installation and usage of the cluster mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.