US1709443A - Timer cable and case - Google Patents

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April 16, 1929. w. B. THOMAS 1,709,443

TIMER CABLE AND CASE Original Filed Feb. 1926 Patented Apr. 16, 1929.

WALTER BASIL THOMAS, OF BLACKWATER, MISSOURI.

TIMER, CABLE AND CASE.

Application filed February 1, 1926, Serial No. 85,097. Renewed February 27, 1929.

This invention is a timer cable and case I for automobiles, and is especially adapted for use upon automobiles of the Ford type.

The chief object of the invention is to provide an improved form of current conducting cable for the ignition system with means incorporated for releasably attaching same to the ordinary timer and coil box.

A further object is to provide a device of the kind described whereby short circuiting of the wires caused by cut wires or by rubbing, may be eliminated.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, showing the method of clamping the cable to the hood rod, and showing the timer case with a section broken out to reveal the clips upon the inner periphery;

Figure 2 is an inner plan view of the timer case;

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of the cable immediately adjacent to the timer, said timer being shown in elevation;

Figure 4 is an enlarged vertical section on the line 44 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view through the coil box end of the conductor cable.

The invention consists in moulding flat,

strip current conductors 1 within a moulded rubber cable 2. Clamps 4 are provided which are adapted to clamp over the cable 2 and the hood rod 5 for supporting the cable. The flat conductors 1 areprelierably crimped as shown at 3 as means for locking them in place in the cable and preventing their slipping longitudinally the angles of the crimps oi the conductors being nested so as to not interfere with one another. A rubber timer case 6 is provided, the same being inlaid with an interior fibre lining 12,

and having a spark adjuster aperture 7 cut therein. This case is adapted to he slipped over the regular timer (not shown) and to be secured thereto with the clamp (not shown) which secures the regular timer. The current conductors 1 have their ends moulded in the timer casing 6 and they terminate in the clips 8 which are set in the inlaid fibre lining 11. Apertures 9 are provided in the fibre lining to permit the reg ular contacts (not shown) of the timer to engage the clips 8. Clips 10 are moulded in the opposite end of the cable 2 and are adapted to releasably engage the coil box terminals (not shown).

The use and advantages of the device are apparent from the foregoing description.

lVhile I have herein described a certain specific manner and method of constructing an d assembling the elements of my invention, it is understood that I may vary from the same in minor details, not departing from the spirit of my invention, so as best to con struct a practical device for the purpose intended, as defined in the appended claims.

I claimr 1. In a device of the kind described, a plurality of flat strip current conductors extended in spaced relation, the said conductors being crimped, the angles of said crimps being arranged so as to nest with one another.

2. In a device of the kind described, a plurality of fiat strip current conductors eX- tended in spaced relation, the said conductors being crimped, the angles of said crimps being arranged so as to nest. with one another; and a solid dielectric material filled in between the said conductors.

In testimony whereof I aiilx my signature.

WVALTER BASIL THOMAS.

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