Electricity: conductors and insulators – Conduits – cables or conductors – Accessories
Patent
1997-08-29
2000-05-16
Kincaid, Kristine
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Conduits, cables or conductors
Accessories
174 40CC, H01B 1700
Patent
active
06064009&
ABSTRACT:
A universal cable clamp for coupling a wide variety of electrical cables to an electrical box is capable of accepting metal or non-metallic sheathed cables. The cable clamp includes upper and lower clamping plates and a front wall having at least one opening for receiving the cable. The upper and lower clamping plates are coupled together by bendable coupling arms. A fastener extends through the upper and lower clamping plates and into the electrical box to deform the bendable coupling arms while the cable is clamped between the upper and lower clamping plates. The opening in the front wall in embodiments is oval-shaped and is dimensioned to allow a non-metallic sheathed cable to pass through, while preventing the metal sheath of a metal sheathed cable from passing through. The clamp provides a grounding connection of the metal cables and conduits. The cable clamp accommodates thick or thin steel and aluminum flex metal conduits, armored cable, metal clad cable and non-metallic cable.
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Net Price Sheet-Section OB No. OB-541-Raco All-Steel Products-May 5, 1941.
Jorgensen Robert W.
Lewis Thomas E.
Swanson Richard D.
'Hubbell Incorporated
Cuneo Kamand
Hilliard Thomas P.
Kincaid Kristine
Presson Jerry M.
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