US2033633A

US2033633A - Method of assembling antenna members

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Publication number: US2033633A
Application number: US736342A
Authority: US
Inventors: Hawksley Ray
Original assignee: Anaconda Wire and Cable Co
Current assignee: Anaconda Wire and Cable Co
Priority date: 1934-07-21
Filing date: 1934-07-21
Publication date: 1936-03-10
Anticipated expiration: 1953-03-10

Description

March 10, 1936. R HAWKSLEY 2,033,533

METHOD OF ASSEMBLING ANTENNA MEMBERS Filed July 21, 1934 I INVENTOR. EA r [25 2 140m; 514

ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 10, 1936 UNITED STATES METHOD OF ASSEMBLING ANTENNA MEMBERS Ray Hawksley, Hastings on-Hudson, N.Y., as-

signor to Anaconda Wire & Cable Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application July 21, 1934, Serial No. 736,342

3 Claims. (Cl. 29--155.5)

part of the former invention and relates particularly to improvements in a method for securing the telescopically engaged rings against relative movement and also means for securing the circularly arranged wires with respect to such rings. According to my improved method I utilize a pair of telescopically engaged or nested rings, one of which has a plurality of slots or notches therein for the accommodation of wires constituting the antenna cage, and to fixedly secure the parts against relative movement I distort the metal of one of the rings so as to jam or cause the members of the assemblage to tightly contact with one another. The invention will 4 5 be fully apparent from the following detailed disclosure when read in connection with the accompanying drawing and will be defined with particularity in the appended claims.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is alfragmentary view showing the component parts of the cage-like antenna and the tool for distorting one of the parts; Fig. 2 is a sectional view at right angles to Fig. 1 before the parts are interlocked the telescopically engaging rings being shown in section; Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of an antenna after the metal of one of the ring members has been distortedyFig. 4 is a transverse section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but illustrating slight modification.

Refen'ing in detail to the drawing, the antenna comprises an 'inner ring it formed with a multiplicity of substantially radial notches l2 of suitable size to suit the diameter of the multiplicity of wires I4 forming the conductors of the antenna cage. An outer keeper ring l6 telescopically engages the ring in and in accordance with the present invention the internal diameter of the ring l8 makes a relatively loose fit over the exterior of the notched ring In so as to facilitate ease of assembly.

In accordance with my improved method forming part of the present invention after the parts are assembled as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I

distort the lands of metal l8 lying between the slots l2 preferably by the use of a tool such as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. This tool comprises a pair of jaws 2020 pivotally'mounted at 22-22 on any suitable frame member. Any suitable or well known force means may be utilized to cause the jaws to approach and recede from one another. No claim is made for the jaw actuating mechanism and therefore the same is not further illustrated. A known type of mechanism as used in bolt cutting tools may be employed. 10 However, one feature of the present invention resides in the provision of gauge or bottom members 2 4 24 which are adapted to be brought into contact with the outer periphery of the keeper ring l6 so as to properly position the deforming teeth 2626 for coaction with the lands l8. The

act of causing the jaws 20 to approach one another will deform the metal as shown, for example, in Figs. 3 and 4 by forming recesses 2828 in the lands l8 and causing the bodies of metal 20 3032 to be outwardly deformed, the bodies 30 jamming against the antenna wires l4 and the bodies 32 closing the space between the outer peripheryof the ring l0 and the inner core of the keeper ring I8 thus jamming or interlock g5 ing the entire assemblage.

In the modification of Fig. 5 the metal of the lands Ila is distorted in a slightly different manner so as to form overhanging portions 30b which restrict the outer dimensions of the slots l2 and 30 which also exercise the clamping action on the wires. and a wedging action on the keeper ring 16a.

While I have described quite precisely certain specific steps in the method of securing the an- 35 tenna partsand in the tool for distorting certain of the elements thereof, it is not to be construed that I am limited thereto since various modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departure from the invention as defined 40 in the appended claims.

. What I c1aim is:

1. In the making oi antenna cages the method which comprises assembling a multiplicity of wires in notches formed in a spacing member, 45'

telescopically engaging a keeper member with the latter and distorting the spacing member thus binding the wires in the notches and jam ming the assemblage so that said members cannot move relatively to one another. 50

2. In the making of antenna cages the method which comprises assembling a multiplicity of wires in notches formed in the outer face of a circular metal spacing member, fitting a keeper ring over the latter and distorting the metal of wires in spaced-relationship between the opposed annular faces of a pair of telescopically en a ed rings and distorting one of said rings thus jamming the assemblage and securing the several parts against relative movement. I

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