US2953624A - Spacer for twin and multiple conductors of high voltage aerial transmission lines - Google Patents

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US2953624A
US2953624A US444604A US44460454A US2953624A US 2953624 A US2953624 A US 2953624A US 444604 A US444604 A US 444604A US 44460454 A US44460454 A US 44460454A US 2953624 A US2953624 A US 2953624A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
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    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T24/3439—Plural clasps
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  • the present invention relates to spacers for twin of multiple conductors of aerial high voltage transmission lines, designed to permit the elastic movements and displacements of the conductors in every direction and to maintain the electrical connection between them all, whilst eliminating the above mentioned drawbacks.
  • the spacer according to the invention substantially consists of a flexible deformable metallic curvilinear element, combined with dependable clamps to be connected with the conductors.
  • Said metallic curvilinear element can have any sort of shape, either closed or open.
  • means can, however, be provided for counteracting the deformation of the spacers beyond pre-established limits.
  • Fig. 1 shows an annular metallic spacer for a twin conductor.
  • Figs. 2 and 3 show two alternatives to the preceding solution.
  • Figs. 4 and 5 show an open type spacer for twin conductors.
  • Fig. 6 shows a closed type spacer for quadruple conductors.
  • Figs. 7 and 8 show a spacer for multiple conductors.
  • Fig. 9 illustrates a spacer for twin conductors with limited flexibility.
  • 1 are the conductors
  • 2 indicates the flexible deformable metallic elements connected to the conductors 1 by means of clamps 3 so as to form an electrical bridge between said conductors, keeping them yieldingly interspaced.
  • Said flexible deformable metallic elements have the shape of a circular ring in the embodiment according to Figs. 1 and 2, but, whilst in Fig. 1 they are arranged in the same horizontal plane of the conductors, they are located at right angles to the plane of the conductors in the embodiment of Fig. 2.
  • the flexible deformable metallic elements are oval in shape and are arranged on the same vertical plane of the conductors.
  • flexible deformable metallic elements have the shape of Patented Sept. 20, '1960 "an open curve and, more particularly,- they have a C- shape on Fig. 4 and an S-shape on Fig. 5. .
  • the flexible deformablemetallic element has the shape of a closed mixed line, all the rectilinear portions of which are connected to the conductors 1 by means of clamps 3, whilst the curvilinear portions consist in half-rings interconnecting alternatively opposite pairs of extremities of the rectilinear portions, the structure of said spacer deriving from that shown in Fig. 4.
  • Fig. 8 is analogous to the one of Fig. 7, but for the fact that the spacer derives its structure from the one shown in Fig. 5, whereby between each pair of conductors there is a free rectilinear portion of the spacer.
  • Fig. 9 shows a flexible deformable metallic element consisting in a circular ring 2, which is limited in its flexibility by means of a rod 4 fixed on two diametrally opposite points of said ring. Said rod can also be formed so as to be capable of lengthwise automatic adjustment.
  • the metallic curvilinear elements can consist either of a suitably curved rod or of a rope with free or interlaced spires.
  • the closed ring type can particularly be formed by a single steel wire wound up on itself in a spiraloid form.
  • the flexibility of the flexible deformable metallic elements will depend not only on the shape thereof and the nature of the material employed for their manufacture, but also on the number, pitch and section of the spires.
  • a spacer comprising a flexible deformable metallic curvilinear element constituted by a Wire rope positioned between said conductors, said rope forming an open loop whereby the said conductors are held in spaced apart relation by elastic forces of the said rope, and electrically conductive clamp means on said element firmly connecting each of the said conductors to an adjacent portion of said element.
  • a spacer comprising a flexible deformable metallic curvilinear element constituted by a wire rope positioned between said conductors, said rope forming a closed loop whereby the said conductors are held in spaced apart relation by elastic forces of the said rope, and a plurality of electrically conductive clamps on said element firmly connecting each of the said conductors to an adjacent portion of said element.
  • Spacer for twin and multiple conductors of high voltage, high power, aerial transmission lines comprising a flexible, deformable, resilient, metallic, curvilinear element constituted by a Wire rope positioned between said conductors; said element having a normal, unstressed shape conforming to a closed ring and being elastically deformable in response to forces imposed thereon by the conductors; and electrically conductive clamp means on said element adapted to firmly connect each of the conductors to an adjacent portion of said element.

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p 1960 A. PERRONE ET AL ,953,
SPACER FOR TWIN AND MULTIPLE CONDUCTORS OF HIGH VOLTAGE AERIAL TRANSMISSION LINES Filed July 20. 1954 INVENTORS: Arrigo Perrone By Alessandro Solvi Maxwell E. Sparrow A TTORNE Y.
United States Patent SPACER FOR TWIN AND MULTIPLE CONDUC- TORS OF HIGH VOLTAGE AERIAL TRANSMIS- SION LINES i Arrigo Perrone, Via Capranica 12, and Alessandro Salvi, 'Via Cosenz 32, both of Milan, Italy Filed July 20, 1954, Ser. No. 444,604
Claims priority, application Italy July 25, 1953 13 Claims. (Cl. 174-40) In the employ of twin and multiple conductors for great power aerial high voltage transmission lines it is necessary to use suitable spacers which, spacing the single conductors from each other, act also as an electrical bridge.
In said spacers it is very important to prevent the conductors from being damaged at the point of connection to said bridge.
In the conventional spacers such damages occur, as it is known, owing to the rigidity of the connection between the conductors as a consequence of the movements of a conductor in respect to the other ones due to electrodynamic stresses, difierent elongation, wind action, ice mufi accumulation and other external impulses of mechanical nature.
The present invention relates to spacers for twin of multiple conductors of aerial high voltage transmission lines, designed to permit the elastic movements and displacements of the conductors in every direction and to maintain the electrical connection between them all, whilst eliminating the above mentioned drawbacks.
The spacer according to the invention substantially consists of a flexible deformable metallic curvilinear element, combined with dependable clamps to be connected with the conductors. Said metallic curvilinear element can have any sort of shape, either closed or open.
According to a further feature of the invention, means can, however, be provided for counteracting the deformation of the spacers beyond pre-established limits.
The invention is illustrated in some embodiments thereof in the enclosed drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 shows an annular metallic spacer for a twin conductor.
Figs. 2 and 3 show two alternatives to the preceding solution.
Figs. 4 and 5 show an open type spacer for twin conductors.
Fig. 6 shows a closed type spacer for quadruple conductors.
Figs. 7 and 8 show a spacer for multiple conductors.
Fig. 9 illustrates a spacer for twin conductors with limited flexibility.
In all the shown embodiments, 1 are the conductors, whilst 2 indicates the flexible deformable metallic elements connected to the conductors 1 by means of clamps 3 so as to form an electrical bridge between said conductors, keeping them yieldingly interspaced. Said flexible deformable metallic elements have the shape of a circular ring in the embodiment according to Figs. 1 and 2, but, whilst in Fig. 1 they are arranged in the same horizontal plane of the conductors, they are located at right angles to the plane of the conductors in the embodiment of Fig. 2.
In Fig. 3 the flexible deformable metallic elements are oval in shape and are arranged on the same vertical plane of the conductors.
In the embodiments according to Figs. 4 and 5, the
flexible deformable metallic elements have the shape of Patented Sept. 20, '1960 "an open curve and, more particularly,- they have a C- shape on Fig. 4 and an S-shape on Fig. 5. .In both said In the embodiments of Figs. 7 the flexible deformablemetallic element has the shape of a closed mixed line, all the rectilinear portions of which are connected to the conductors 1 by means of clamps 3, whilst the curvilinear portions consist in half-rings interconnecting alternatively opposite pairs of extremities of the rectilinear portions, the structure of said spacer deriving from that shown in Fig. 4.
The embodiment according to Fig. 8 is analogous to the one of Fig. 7, but for the fact that the spacer derives its structure from the one shown in Fig. 5, whereby between each pair of conductors there is a free rectilinear portion of the spacer.
Finally, Fig. 9 shows a flexible deformable metallic element consisting in a circular ring 2, which is limited in its flexibility by means of a rod 4 fixed on two diametrally opposite points of said ring. Said rod can also be formed so as to be capable of lengthwise automatic adjustment.
As regards the structure of the metallic curvilinear elements, it can consist either of a suitably curved rod or of a rope with free or interlaced spires. The closed ring type can particularly be formed by a single steel wire wound up on itself in a spiraloid form.
In these cases the flexibility of the flexible deformable metallic elements will depend not only on the shape thereof and the nature of the material employed for their manufacture, but also on the number, pitch and section of the spires.
Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiments above described and shown in the drawings by Way of example, but it comprises all the possible modifications thereof, without departing from the scope of the invention.
What we claim is:
1. In combination with a plurality of conductors of a high voltage high power aerial transmission line, a spacer comprising a flexible deformable metallic curvilinear element constituted by a Wire rope positioned between said conductors, said rope forming an open loop whereby the said conductors are held in spaced apart relation by elastic forces of the said rope, and electrically conductive clamp means on said element firmly connecting each of the said conductors to an adjacent portion of said element.
2. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said element has a semi-annular shape.
3. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said element has an S-shape.
4. In combination with a plurality of conductors of a high voltage high power aerial transmission line, a spacer comprising a flexible deformable metallic curvilinear element constituted by a wire rope positioned between said conductors, said rope forming a closed loop whereby the said conductors are held in spaced apart relation by elastic forces of the said rope, and a plurality of electrically conductive clamps on said element firmly connecting each of the said conductors to an adjacent portion of said element.
5. The combination according to claim 4 wherein said element is of annular shape.
6. The combination according to claim 4 wherein said element is disposed in a plane at right angles to the axes of said conductors.
7. The combination according to claim 4 wherein said rope is in the shape of a ring and wherein a rod extending parallel to said conductors is fixed to diametrically opposed points of said ring for limiting the flexibility of said ring.
8. The combination according to claim 4 wherein said element is of an annular shape, and wherein said rope is formed by a single steel wire wound up on itself in a spiraloid form, said spacer being disposed in the plane of the axes of said conductors.
9. Spacer for twin and multiple conductors of high voltage, high power, aerial transmission lines; said spacer comprising a flexible, deformable, resilient, metallic, curvilinear element constituted by a Wire rope positioned between said conductors; said element having a normal, unstressed shape conforming to a closed ring and being elastically deformable in response to forces imposed thereon by the conductors; and electrically conductive clamp means on said element adapted to firmly connect each of the conductors to an adjacent portion of said element.
10. Spacer according to claim 9 wherein said element is of annular shape.
11. Spacer according to claim 9 wherein said element is of oval shape.
12. Spacer according to claim 9 wherein a rod is fixed to diametrically opposite points of said ring intermediate said clamp means.
13. Spacer according to claim 9 wherein said rope is formed by a single steel wire wound up on itself in a spiraloid form.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 280,947 Ohl July 10, 1883 290,753 Delany Dec. 25, 1883 318,172 Delany May 19, 1885 806,769 Bell Dec. 12, 1905 1,190,135 Faccioli July 4, 1916 1,668,346 Varney May 1, 1928. 1,751,827 Marshall Mar. 25, 1930 2,158,496 George May 16, 1939 2,374,823 Leib et a1 May 1, 1945 2,380,333 Scheldorf July 10, 1945
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