US1405609A - Conductor support - Google Patents

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S. S. MATTHISl` CONDUCTOR SUPPORT. APPLICATION man sEPT.3,1921.

1 ,405,609, Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

SAMUEL s. MArTHEs, or MANSFIELD, OHIO, Assrenon To THE onro BRASS ooMPANY,.

0F MANSFIELD, OHIO, A YCORIEOIRA,ILION OF NEW JERSEY.

i CONDUCTOR SUPPORT.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

Application led September 3, 1921. Serial No. 498,227.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, SAMUEL lllnrrrrns, a

vcitizen ofthe United States of America, re` siding at .B/Iansficld, in the county of Rich-` My. invention relates to conductor supports,

and particularly to that class of device Vfor supporting a trolley conductor from a catenary cab-le, hanger, bracket, etc., as is lnow common practice.

The object of my invention is to provide a deviceby means of'which the conductor may be grip-ped by a pair of clamping jaws', and the j aws locked in conductor.

Y In the drawing accompanying cationv Y Fig. 1 shows a side view of myV invention in artial; section.`

rtig. 2 shows an end viewin section.

F ig. 3 shows a view of Fig. 1 'on line 3-3 in section. A

Fig. 4 shows a view of Fig. 2 on line 4 4 in section.

In the preferred form of my device I use a pair oi' duplicate clamping members 1-1 each provided with a jaw 2 to grip the conductor. vThe upper portion of the two clamping members when in position form a hollow this specifitruncated portion 3 of rectangular shaped sides surmounted by a flange 3 and a projectlng collar 4. Projecting from the eXterior of the parts 3 and 4: are wings 5Y oppo- 1 sitely disposed and in line with the axis of the jaws 2 and projecting from each wing is a projection 6.

A hollow truncated cap 7 is mounted on the truncated portion 3 of the clamping members and is provided with recesses 8 to receive the wings 5 and projections 6. To the lower end of the recess wall a proj ecting lip 9 is formed (sho-wn in dotted line) which can be bent inward and upward (shown Yin full lines) whereby a portion of the opening at the lower end of the recess may be closed thereby forming a shoulder for the projection V6 to rest upon when the parts are relaxed and also prevents the disassembly of the parts. A recess 10 is formed in thetop of the cap.

Within the hollow of the part 3 on the clamping members is positioned a nut 11, in-

clamplng relation `to the.

ternally'threaded, and engaging the inner adjacent walls of the clamping members to prevent rotation thereof. j

A The above description Vcoversthe construction Iof my invention proper and the conystruction'described may be applied toy the various supports now commonly known to lthe trade and while I show the device as secured to a support for further attaclnnent to a catenary cable, it may also be secured to other forms of support such as; the well known insulated bolt and hanger.

In attaching my device to afcatenary cab-le a rod 12 passes through vthe o ening 10 and is threaded into the nut V11. ounted on the rod 12 and in' threaded engagement therewith is a nut 13 by means of .which the clamping members 1 and cap 7 may be moved towards each other thereby moving vtheclamping members towards each other, and when a conductor'14 is placed between the jaws '2 and the'nut 13 rotated, moving towards the cap 7 sufliciently, the conductor will belgripped by the jaws and held secure. A reverse rotation of the nut will permit disengaging the conductor from the jaws.

Having illustrated and described my invention, what I claim and wish to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A conductor clamp comprising a'pair of clamping members, jaws at one edge to engage and grip a conductor, a truncated portion on the Vclamping members adjacent the opposite end from the jaws, a supporting member positioned within the truncated portion of the clamping members and engaging the side walls thereof to prevent relative rotation, and engaging means on the clamping members to support the clamping members, means 0n the supporting member to secure the clamp to a hanger, a truncated cap mounted on the truncated portion of the clamping members to move the clamping members towards each other, and hanger means coactingY with thel supporting means and cap to move the clamping members into engagement with the conductor.

2. A conductor clamp comprising a pair of clamping members, jaws at one edge to engage and grip a conductor, a truncated portion on the clamping members adjacent the opposite endfrom the jaws, a supporting member `positioned within the truncated portion of the clamping members and engaging the side walls thereof to prevent relative rotation, and engaging means on "the clamping members to support the clamping members, means on the supporting member to secure the clamp t0 ahanger, a'tru'ncatedcap mounted on the truncated portion ofthe clamping members to move the clamping members towards each other, hanger means coacting with the supporting means and cap to move the clamping members into engagement with the conductor, and means on the cap vengaging means on thelclamping inemkbers to preventitheir separation when not engaged on a conductor.

3. A conductor comprising a pair of lclamping' memberseach provided with converging sides and having jaws at the one edge to grip a conductor, a cap having converging sides to receive the converging sides on the clamping members, a supporting member positioned between the clamping members in non-rotatable relation thereto and provided with means to receive a hanger, and means on the cap and clamping members to interlock and prevent separation of the parts.

4. A conductor clamp comprising a pair of clamping members each provided with converging sides and having jaws at the one edge to grip a conductor, a cap having ,converging sides to receivetlie converging sides on the clamping members, .a supporting member positioned between the clamping able transversely thereto to grip a conductor,

a supporting member positioned in the twolpart clamping member Yand non-rotatable relative thereto and providedwith means to receive a hanger, and means on the two-part clamping member and the retaining member to prevent separation of the parts.V

6. A conductor clamp comprising a retain- .ing member, a two-part clamping Amember mounted in the retaining member and' movable transversely of the retaining member to grip a conductorfa supportingmember positioned between the parts of the Clamping members and non-rotatable relative vthereto and provided with means to engage a hanger and means on the retaining member to be bent over and acting to engage means on the clamping member to prevent separation of the parts. p

Intestimony'whereof I alix my signature.

SAMUEL S, MATTHES.

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