Electrical connectors – With circuit conductors and safety grounding provision – Grounding to pipe – rod or conduit
Patent
1993-06-30
1994-05-24
Paumen, Gary F.
Electrical connectors
With circuit conductors and safety grounding provision
Grounding to pipe, rod or conduit
439795, 439800, 24278, H01R 438, H01R 466
Patent
active
053143434
ABSTRACT:
A grounding strap including a strap of flexible, electrically conductive material, the strap having a plurality of holes therethrough spaced equidistantly along a portion of the strap, a threaded nut fastened to the strap at an aperture in the strap at a location near one end thereof, a projection near the one end for engaging a hole in the strap when the strap is wrapped around a grounded member such that the portion with the hole engaging the projection is on top of the portion of the strap having the projection, the holes in the strap being spaced so that when a first hole in the strap is above the projection, a second hole in the strap is approximately above the threaded nut, a separate member loosely fastened to the strap and positioned near the nut and being arranged such that a surface of the member is disposed below the nut, the nut receiving a tightening screw, whereby when the strap is wrapped about the grounded member, the screw is insertable through the second hole and screwable into the nut so as to bear down on the surface of the member, forcing the nut upwardly away from the member and tightening the strap around the grounded member.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1505314 (1924-08-01), Cox
patent: 2114752 (1938-04-01), Tallman
patent: 3353145 (1967-11-01), Sodderland et al.
patent: 4591229 (1986-05-01), Sachs
Paumen Gary F.
Rosco Inc.
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