Cable clamp with directing means

Claim 2

A cable clamp including directing means comprising a pair of mating portions, each of said portions having a central slot, means to mount said portions together on a wiring panel such that said slots are complementary to encircle a cable of said wiring panel and to clamp it between said slots, said assembled clamp having a directing face transverse the direction the cable passes through said central slots, said directing face having a plurality of peripheral slots radiating from said mated pair of central slots, each of said peripheral slots being a suitable size for receiving the cable clamped by said central slots, any chosen one of said peripheral slots being used to retain the cable that extends through said mated central slots in a bent position over said directing face to direct said cable in the direction that said desired one of said peripheral slots radiates from said mated central slots, and means for retaining a cable in the bent position over said directing face.

Claim 3

A cable clamp according to claim 1, wherein said directing face thereof is rectangular and said means for retaining a cable in the bent position is a cover, different ones of the sides of said rectangular face having at least one of said peripheral slots, and means for retaining said cover over said directing face.

Claim 4

A cable clamp according to claim 1, wherein said directing face thereof is substantially square and said means for retaining a cable in the bent position is a cover to fit over the directing face, each of said sides of said directing face having at least one of said peripheral slots, each of said mating portions having a groove located slightly inward from the bottom of said peripheral slot, each of said grooves traversing an outer side of said assembled cable clamp, the distance between grooves of opposite sides being equal, said cover having a retaining side to be positioned over said directing face and a pair of tongues comprising parallel mounting edges offset from respective opposite edges of its retaining side and turned inwardly, and said tongues of said cover being spaced apart to facilitate mounting said cover from that side opposite the one of said slots that contain a cable by inserting the tongues into said grooves in the two sides adjacent to the side containing said one slot of said clamp and sliding said cover over the directing face of said clamp.

Claim 5

A cable clamp according to claim 1 in which a clamping pin subtends the bottom of the central slot of each of said mating portions, the pins of an assembled pair of said mating portions transversing the cable on opposite sides thereof to clamp it, each of said pinS being slidable within mounting holes through the respective one of said mating portions to facilitate inserting pins of different diameters into said mounting holes for clamping cables of different diameters.

Claim 6

A cable clamp as described in claim 1 wherein the outer surface thereof is substantially cylindrical, one end thereof comprising said slotted directing face, said means to mount said portions together on a wiring panel including the other end of the cylindrical clamp, said other end being smaller in diameter and having an outer circumferential lip, said smaller end being adaptable to be mounted in a mounting hole in the manner that a flexible grommet is mounted, said slotted end having an external circumferential groove, and said means for retaining cable in the bent position being a round cover adaptable to snap-on said slotted end and be retained by said circumferential grove.