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ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINE SECTIONALIZING APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING COUPLING OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MEANS TO OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE SECTIONALIZED LINE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED, RIGID BODY OF SYNTHETIC RESIN MATERIAL, SAID BODY HAVING A CONVEX OUTER SURFACE; A PAIR OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ANCHORING BRACKETS SPACED ALONG THE BODY, EACH BRACKET HAVING AN IRREGULAR SURFACE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A RESPECTIVE END OF SAID LINE AND OF THE CONDUCTOR MEANS THEREON TO FACILITATE GRIPPING THEREOF, EACH IRREGULAR SURFACE BEING CONFIGURED TO PRESENT A PAIR OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING, TRANSVERSELY ARCUATE GROOVES, EACH GROOVE HAVING A PLURALITY OF LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING SERRATIONS THEREIN; A SPACER BLOCK FOR EACH OF SAID BRACKETS RESPECTIVELY, EACH BLOCK BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN THE CORRESPONDING BRACKET AND SAID OUTER SURFACE OF THE BODY, EACH BLOCK HAVING A CONCAVE SURFACE FOR COMPLEMENTALLY ENGAGING THE CONVEX SURFACE OF SAID BODY; A PAIR OF FASTENERS FOR EACH OF SAID BRACKETS RIGIDLY SECURING THE RESPECTIVE BRACKETS AND CORRESPONDING SPACERS TO THE BODY, SAID FASTENERS PROJECTING OUTWARDLY BEYOND THE IRREGULAR SURFACES OF THE BRACKETS; A FIRST CLAMP FOR EACH OF SAID BRACKETS OPERABLY COUPLED WITH ONE OF THE FASTENERS OF A RESPECTIVE BRACKET FOR OPERATING SAID FIRST CLAMPS, EACH FIRST CLAMP HAVING A GRIPPING SURFACE THEREON DISPOSED TO COOPERATE WITH THE IRREGULAR SURFACE ON THE CORRESPONDING BRACKETS, THE FIRST CLAMPS BEING ADAPTED TO FRICTIONALLY HOLD CORRESPONDING ENDS OF SAID LINE AND TO ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY COUPLE THE ENDS WITH THE RESPECTIVE BRACKETS; AND A SECOND CLAMP FOR EACH OF SAID BRACKETS OPERABLY COUPLED WITH THE OTHER OF SAID FASTENERS OF THE RESPECTIVE BRACKET FOR OPERATING SAID SECOND CLAMPS, EACH SECOND CLAMP HAVING A GRIPPING SURFACE THEREON DISPOSED TO COOPERATE WITH SAID IRREGULAR SURFACE ON THE CORRESPONDING BRACKETS, THE SECOND CLAMPS BEING ADAPTED TO ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY COUPLE SAID CONDUCTOR MEANS WITH THE RESPECTIVE BRACKETS.