Transmission-line clamp-and-connector

Claim 1

A TRANSMISSION-LINE CLAMP-AND-CONNECTOR HAVING, IN COMBINATION, A RELATIVELY FIXED BRACKET SUBSTANTIALLY L-SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION WITH THE UPRIGHT LEG OF THE L PROVIDED WITH A FIRST PAIR OF DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING NOTCHES SPACED TRANSVERSELY A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE ALONG THE UPRIGHT LEG AND SERRATED ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE NOTCHES; A RELATIVELY MOVABLE BRIDGE-TYPE CLAMP OF SUBSTANTIALLY INVERTED U-SHAPE IN CROSS SECTION HAVING ITS OPPOSITE ARMS PROVIDED WITH ALINED FURTHER PAIRS OF UPWARDLY EXTENDING NOTCHES, THE NOTCHES OF EACH OF THE FURTHER PAIRS OF NOTCHES BEING SERRATED ALONG THE TOP THEREOF AND SPACED TRANSVERSELY THE SAID PREDETERMINED DISTANCE; ALINED APERTURES DISPOSED IN THE NECK OF THE INVERTED U-SHAPED CLAMP AND IN THE LOWER LEG OF THE L-SHAPED BRACKET PROVIDED WITH MEANS FOR COMPRESSING THE CLAMP AND BRACKET WITH AN ARM OF THE CLAMP JUST INSIDE THE SAID UPRIGHT BRACKET LEG; AND THE WIDTH OF THE CLAMP BEING LESS THAN THAT OF THE SAID LOWER BRACKET LEG IN ORDER THAT, WITH A PAIR OF INSULATION-COVERED TWOCONDUCTOR TRANSMISSION LINES INSERTED THROUGH THE FIRST AND FURTHER PAIRS OF NOTCHES, THE INSULATION-COVERED LINES WILL BECOME CLAMPED AGAINST THE LOWER BRACKET LEG WITH THE SERRATIONS OF THE NOTCHES PENETRATING DIFFERENT ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THE SAID INSULATION TO CONTACT ONE OF THE CONDUCTORS OF THE TRANSMISSION LINES AND TO CONNECT THE SAME ELECTRICALLY TO THE CLAMP AND BRACKET.