Coaxial tranmission line utilizing reactance compensated, paired pintype insulator spcing assembly

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINE COMPRISING HOLLOW, CYLINDRICAL INNER AND OUTER CONDUCTORS AND SPACING ASSEMBLIES WITHIN SAID OUTER CONDUCTOR AT SPACED POINTS THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH FOR MAINTAINING SAID CONDUCTORS IN CONCENTRIC RELATION, EACH OF SAID SPACING ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING A PAIR OF INSULATOR MEMBERS IN THE FORM OF HOLLOW OPEN-ENDED CYLINDRICAL PINS, SAID INSULATING MEMBERS BEING ANGULARLY DISPOSED RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID INNER CONDUCTOR NORMAL TO THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE THEREOF AND WITH THEIR OUTER ENDS ENGAGING THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID OUTER CONDUCTOR, AND MEANS INCLUDING PROTUBERANCES FORMED IN SAID INSULATOR SPACING MEMBERS, FOR RIGIDLY SECURING SAID SPACING MEMBERS RELATIVE TO SAID INNER CONDUCTOR, SAID INSULATOR MEMBERS BEING SECURED TO SAID INNER CONDUCTOR BY MEANS OF SPHERICAL EXPANDERS HAVING DIAMETERS SLIGHTLY LARGER THAN THE DIAMETERS OF THE LONGITUDINAL OPENINGS IN SAID INSULATOR MEMBERS, SAID SPHERICAL EXPANDERS BEING POSITIONED IN SAID PINS ADJACENT THE JUNCTURES OF SAID PINS AND SAID INNER CONDUCTOR, WHEREBY SAID PROTUBERANCES FORMED BY THE SPHERICAL EXPANDERS ENGAGE THE WALL OF THE INNER CONDUCTOR.