High voltage expanded electrical conductors

Claim 1

AN EXPANDED HIGH VOLTAGE CONDUCTOR COMPRISING A CENTRAL CYLINDRICAL ELONGATE CORE OF REINFORCING MATERIAL, AT LEAST ONE LAYER OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EQUISPACED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SKELETAL STRANDS HELICALLY LAID AND SUPPORTED ON THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF THE SAID CENTRAL CORE, AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL LAYER OF OPPOSITELY GENERALLY HELICALLY LAID ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE STRANDS SUPPORTED ON OUTER SURFACES OF THE EQUISPACED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SKELETAL STRANDS, EACH OF SAID STRANDS IN THE ADDITIONAL LAYER THEREOF BEING PERMANENTLY DEFORMED AND ANGULARLY KINKED TO PROVIDE SUBSTANTIALLY STRAIGHT CHORDS BRIDGING THE SPACES BETWEEN THE ADJACENT UNDERLYIGN EQUISPACED SKELETAL STRANDS, THE KINKS IN EACH STRAND OF THE ADDITIONAL LAYER THEREOF DEFINING THE CORNERS OF A POLYGONAL TRACE IN ONE COMPLETE GENERALLY HELICAL LAY OF EACH SAID STRAND, AT LEAST ONE LAYER OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY CONTACTING HELICALLY LAID ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE STRANDS SUPPORTED ON THE ADDITIONAL LAYER OF KINKED STRANDS UNDERLYING THE SAME IN OPPOSITE LAY THERETO, SAID LAST MENTIONED STRANDS BEING DISPOSED IN CIRCULAR TRANSVERSE TRACE HAVING AN INNER CIRCUMFERENCE CIRCUMSCRIBING THE CORNERS OF THE POLYGONAL TRANSVERSE TRACES FORMED BY THE ADDITIONAL LAYER OF KINKED STRANDS, AND SAID LAYER OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EQUISPACED SKELETAL STRANDS FORMING LATERAL WALLS OF AXIALLY EXTENDING PASSAGES RADIALLY OUTWARDLY DISPOSED FROM THE CENTER OF THE CONDUCTOR.