Appeal No. 95-3237
Application 08/154,721
The invention relates to a one piece electrical power
line insulator having a universal end clamp which is suitable for
substantially horizontal or vertical applications.
The independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A one piece electrical power line insulator and
universal end clamp device, comprising:
an electrical insulator having first and second ends;
and
a fixed position conductor clamp permanently attached
to the second end of the insulator, said clamp being in a fixed
position relative to the insulator and having a body defining a
saddle for receiving a conductor when the insulator is extending
either substantially horizontally or substantially vertically
from a line post, the saddle of the clamp extending transversely
of a central axis extending longitudinally of the device, the
saddle of the clamp extending transversely of a central axis
extending longitudinally of the device, the saddle being offset
at a downward tilting angle from the perpendicular to the central
axis so that the saddle may receive and hold a conductor when the
device is oriented either substantially vertically or
substantially horizontally, and having a bolt extending through
and being held by the body upon which a keeper is movable along a
track defined in the body away from and toward the saddle, said
keeper being securable about a conductor seated in the saddle by
locking means coacting with the bolt; and said bolt defines the
angle of tilt for the saddle relative to the longitudinal central
axis.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
McCarthy 530,706 Dec. 11, 1894
Luscomb et al. (Luscomb) 578,825 Mar. 16, 1897
Locke 887,107 May 12, 1908
Hall 3,836,102 Sept. 17, 1974
Kellett et al. (Kellett) 4,727,224 Feb. 23, 1988
Bogdanow 5,064,971 Nov. 12, 1991
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