Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
239 words
A cable terminal adapted to be connected to a cable conductor assembly including a multiplicity of flexible stranded wire conductor ropes surrounding a central flexible coolant conduit within the flexible tubular casing of a water-cooled electric arc furnace cable, said terminal comprising a terminal body having a cup-shaped head portion containing a socket and having an electrical connection portion projecting outward from one end of said head portion away from said socket, and an elongated riser tube structure having an outer component with an outer end secured to said body centrally within said socket and defining with said socket an annular cavity adapted to receive the outer ends of the conductor ropes and also adapted to receive means for securing the conductor ropes to said head portion, said body having a coolant passageway therethrough communicating with said outer end of said riser tube structure, said riser tube structure having an inner component disposed in coaxial end-to-end relationship with said outer component and adapted to be inserted in the outer end portion of the central flexible coolant conduit, said riser tube structure having connecting means joining the outer end portion of said inner component with the inner end portion of said outer component and having coolant bypass means disposed adjacent said connecting means and effecting coolant bypass flow from said outer component exteriorly of said inner component and also exteriorly of the flexible coolant conduit into the flexible tubular casing.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
239 words
A cable terminal adapted to be connected to a cable conductor assembly including a multiplicity of flexible stranded wire conductor ropes surrounding a central flexible coolant conduit within the flexible tubular casing of a water-cooled electric arc furnace cable, said terminal comprising a terminal body having a cup-shaped head portion containing a socket and having an electrical connection portion projecting outward from one end of said head portion away from said socket, and an elongated riser tube structure having an outer component with an outer end secured to said body centrally within said socket and defining with said socket an annular cavity adapted to receive the outer ends of the conductor ropes and also adapted to receive means for securing the conductor ropes to said head portion, said body having a coolant passageway therethrough communicating with said outer end of said riser tube structure, said riser tube structure having an inner component disposed in coaxial end-to-end relationship with said outer component and adapted to be inserted in the outer end portion of the central flexible coolant conduit, said riser tube structure having connecting means joining the outer end portion of said inner component with the inner end portion of said outer component and having coolant bypass means disposed adjacent said connecting means and effecting coolant bypass flow from said outer component exteriorly of said inner component and also exteriorly of the flexible coolant conduit into the flexible tubular casing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A cable terminal, according to claim 1, wherein said inner component is composed of flexible metallic material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A cable terminal, according to claim 2, wherein said outer component is composed of substantially rigid metallic material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
A cable terminal, according to claim 1, wherein said connecting means are disposed substantially in the plane of the inner end of said cup-shaped head, said coolant bypass means comprising coolant outlet port means disposed between the interconnected end portions of said outer and inner components.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
A cable terminal, according to claim 1, wherein said inner component is of smaller diameter than said outer component and wherein said connecting means secures said components to one another in radially spaced relationship, said coolant bypassing means being disposed in the space between said outer and inner components.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
36 words
A cable terminal, according to claim 5, wherein said connecting means are secured in circumferentially spaced relationship to one another between said outer and inner components, said coolant bypass means being disposed adjacent said connecting means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
A cable terminal, according to claim 6, wherein said outer and inner components are disposed in end-to-end overlapping relationship, and wherein said connecting means comprise spacers disposed in circumferentially spaced relationship between the overlapping end portions of said components.