Power conductor clamping and insulating mechanism

Claim 1

MECHANISM FOR CLAMPING A TENSIONED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR AT SPACED POINTS TO PERMIT THE CONDUCTOR TO BE SEVERED BETWEEN THE POINTS AND FOR MAINTAINING THE TENSIONED CONDITION OF THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE CONDUCTOR AND FOR INSULATING SAID REMAINING PORTIONS FROM EACH OTHER, SAID MECHANISM COMPRISING (A) AN ELONGATE MEMBER FORMED AT LEAST IN PART OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL TO PREVENT TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT THERETHROUGH, AND (B) A PAIR OF SPACED APART CLAMPING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID ELONGATE MEMBER AND INCLUDING (1) LOWER ELONGATE JAW MEMBERS EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY PARALLEL TO SAID ELONGATE MEMBER, EACH OF SAID LOWER JAW MEMBERS HAVING A PAIR OF ALINED, ELONGATE GROOVES INTHE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF ADAPTED TO RECEIVE PORTIONS OF THE CONDUCTOR THEREIN, SAID GROOVES EXTENDING FROM OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID LOWER JAW MEMBER TO MEDIAL POINTS THEREIN WITH THE ADJACENT ENDS OF SAID GROOVES TERMINATING IN SPACED APART RELATION TO DEFINE A PROJECTING PORTION THEREBETWEEN, (2) A PAIR OF UPPER JAW MEMBERS FOR EACH LOWER JAW MEMBER AND BEING DISPOSED IN COOPERATING RELATION WITH THE CORRESPONDING LOWER JAW MEMBER AT THE SPACED GROOVES THEREIN, SAID UPPER JAW MEMBERS HAVING CONCAVE LOWER CLAMPING SURFACES AND BEING MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM SAID LOWER JAW MEMBERS FOR RELEASABLY CLAMPING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR THEREBETWEEN, SAID UPPER JAW MEMBERS BEING ADAPTED TO FORCE SPACED PORTIONS OF THE CONDUCTOR INTO THE PAIRS OF SPACED GROOVES TO SECURELY CLAMP THE CONDUCTOR IN THE GROOVES AND AT FACILITATE THIS CLAMPING BY FORMING A HUMP IN THE CONDUCTOR BETWEEN THE ADJACENT ENDS OF THE GROOVES.