Joints and connections – Interfitted members – Clamped members
Patent
1988-03-04
1990-05-15
Reese, Randolph A.
Joints and connections
Interfitted members
Clamped members
403385, 439804, F16B 704
Patent
active
049253328
ABSTRACT:
A single-plane T-connector for joining a pair of tap cables to a service bus cable includes a front clamp member having a shoulder which is connected to a compression ferrule for joining one of the tap cables. The connector also includes a rear clamp member with a shoulder which is connected to another compression ferrule for the other tap cable. Both clamp members have inner faces with arcuate regions which receive the service bus cable. The inner faces of each clamp member also have regions, on either side of the respective arcuate portion, which slope in different directions. The front clamp member has captured bolts which screw into the rear clamp member to connect the clamp members around the bus cable. The configuration of the inner faces of the clamp members permits the ferrules to lie in a plane which passes through the bus cable, thus avoiding wasted space in a manhole or building vault. Furthermore the configuration of the inner faces permits the front and rear clamp members to be bolted together so that both ferrules are on the same side of the bus cable, or so that the ferrules are on opposite sides.
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Cuomo Peter M.
Reese Randolph A.
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