US1129782A

US1129782A - Cord-support.

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Publication number: US1129782A
Application number: US60645811A
Authority: US
Inventors: Carl H Bissell; Daniel C Gidley
Original assignee: Crouse Hinds Co
Current assignee: Crouse Hinds Co
Priority date: 1911-02-04
Filing date: 1911-02-04
Publication date: 1915-02-23
Anticipated expiration: 1932-02-23

Description

G. H. BISSELL & D. O. GIDLEY.

CORD SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.4,1911.

1,129,782. Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

W1 y n/15.51955 "amino snares remand orrren CARL H. BISSEL-L, OF SYRACUSE, AND DANIEL C}. GIDLEY, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK,

ASSIG-NORS TO CROUSE-HINDS COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORA- TION OF NEW YORK.

COED-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Application filed February 4, 1911. Serial No. 606,458.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CARL H. BISSELL and DANIEL G. GIDLEY, respectively of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and of Albany, in the county of Albany, State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Cord-Support, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object the production of means for supporting the insulated wires or cords to which an electrical appliance, as a lamp, is attached; and the invention consists in the combinations and constructions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figures 1 and 2 are elevations of our cord support, taken at a right angle to each other. Fig. 3 is a sectional view thereof, the conduit to which the support is secured being' also shown in section. Fig. 4. is an unassembled view of parts of this cord support. Fig. 5 is a view similar-to Figs. 1 and 3 illustrating the adaptability of the cord support to a conduit of a different diameter. Fig. 6 illustrates one application of our invention.

This cord support comprises, generally,

means for engaging the supporting element and means for clamping the en-.

and the cord gaging means in pos1t1on.

Preferablyour cord support comprises two opposing separable sections duplicates of each other, each section having a jaw l at.

one end for engaging the supporting element as an electrical conduit 2, a jaw 3 at its opposite end for holding the cord, and a shank portion 4 connecting the

jaws

1 and 3. A clamping member, as a screw 5, transversely through the shank portions 4. ljhe jaws 3 carry parts 6 of insulation, each having angularly arranged working faces 7 for cooperating with the corresponding faces 7 of the other part and gripping the cord 8.

I The sections of our cord support are formed of sheet metal and the arms or jaws 1 are adaptable to conduits of diderent sizes as shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

When the jaws 1 are attached to conduits of comparatively large size the shank portions 4 separate and the insulating parts 6 and is provided with beads or shoulders 10 at its ends which engage the side edges of the corresponding jaw 3 and prevent endwise movement of said part 6. Each part 6 is held from displacement from the jaw 3by suitable means, here shown as comprising a tongue 11 struck from the shank portion 4 and arcuate jaw of each section, and extendinginto a notch 12 formed in the inner face of each part 6 above the working face 7 thereof. Such means also includes an inturned lip 13 at the lower end of each jaw 3 and extending into a groove 14 formed in the corresponding part 6 below the working face of said part 6. 'lh' to be used in connection with conduit work in which the wires are led from the conduit 2through an outlet box 15,. the wires in the box being connected to the cord 8, and in use the jaws 1 are clamped onto the conduit 2 and the insulating parts 6 carried by the jaws 3 are clamped onto the cord 8. However, the jaws 1 when necessary may be clamped to any other suitable supporting element.

What we claim'is:

An electric cordsupportcomprising opposing separable sections formed of sheet metal, each having a jaw for cooperating with the corresponding jaw of the other section and clamping a supporting element, a jaw at its-opposite end for coacting with the corresponding jaw of the other section and holding the cord, and a shank portion connecting the jaws, parts of insulation carried by the cord holding jaws and hav- 1s cord support is preferably adapted mg working faces for engaging the cord,

said parts from detachment and the insulatice,

Q Lmepsz in gt parts having peripheral shoulders at of Onondaga, 1n the State of New York, their ends for engaging the side edges of this 24th day of January, 1911. the jaws, and a clamping member extending C H BISSELL I through the shank portions, substantially DANIEL G GIDLEY as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof, We have hereunto Witnesses: signed our names in the presence of tWo at- G. B. SMITH, testing Witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county S. DAVIS.