US3935378A
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Stand-off insulators
Assignee: UNION PLASTICS CORP
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Filing: 1974-05-17
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Granted: 1976-01-27
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Expires: 1994-05-17
Abstract
Abstract A stand-off insulator for supporting conductors or the like so that they will be maintained in spaced relation to a supporting structure which carries the insulator. The insulator is in the form of a one-piece body of electrically non-conductive material having an elongated portion provided with a pair of opposed free end regions at one of which the elongated portion has a structure for fixing to this one free end region an article such as a clamp, bracket, or the like, while the elongated portion has at its other free end region a structure for mounting the body on a support.
Inventors
- 👤 Herbert Frank Heyden
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 01:07
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01B; H01B17/00; H01B17/14; H01B17/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
169 words
A stand-off insulator, consisting of a one-piece body of electrically non-conductive material having an elongated portion provided with a pair of opposed free end regions at one of which said body has a means for releasably fixing to said one free end region an article such as a clamp, bracket, or the like, and at the other of which said body has a means for mounting said body on a support with said elongated portion extending in a given direction with respect to said support, said mounting means including a flange of substantially L-shaped configuration having one wall projecting from said elongated portion at said other free end region thereof inwardly of an extremity of said other free end region so that said elongated portion extends past and beyond said one wall of said flange up to said extremity of said other free end region of said elongated portion, said flange having a second wall extending angularly from said one wall thereof to be directly fastened to a support.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
169 words
A stand-off insulator, consisting of a one-piece body of electrically non-conductive material having an elongated portion provided with a pair of opposed free end regions at one of which said body has a means for releasably fixing to said one free end region an article such as a clamp, bracket, or the like, and at the other of which said body has a means for mounting said body on a support with said elongated portion extending in a given direction with respect to said support, said mounting means including a flange of substantially L-shaped configuration having one wall projecting from said elongated portion at said other free end region thereof inwardly of an extremity of said other free end region so that said elongated portion extends past and beyond said one wall of said flange up to said extremity of said other free end region of said elongated portion, said flange having a second wall extending angularly from said one wall thereof to be directly fastened to a support.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The combination of claim 1 and wherein said one free end region of said elongated portion is formed with an internally threaded bore which forms the means for fixing to said one free end region an article such as a clamp, bracket, or the like.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The combination of claim 1 and wherein said mounting means at said other free end region of said elongated portion includes at least one strengthening fin extending between said flange and an exterior surface of said elongated portion at said other free end region thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
91 words
The combination of claim 3 said elongated portion being straight and having a central axis, said one wall projecting in opposite directions from said elongated portion at one side thereof and being situated next to said elongated portion in a plane normal to said axis, and said strengthening fin being perpendicular to and extending from both of said walls while being situated in a plane which contains said axis and extending between said extremity of said other free end region of said elongated portion of said one wall of said flange.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The combination of claim 4 and wherein said second wall of said flange is perpendicular to said one wall thereof and situated in a plane which is parallel to said axis.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The combination of claim 4 and wherein said second wall is situated in a plane which forms an acute angle with a plane which contains said one wall.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The combination of claim 4 and wherein said one wall has a pair of symmetrical concave edges extending from opposed sides of said elongated portion at said free end region thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
The combination of claim 4 and wherein said one wall has a pair of symmetrical edges projecting from opposed sides of said elongated portion at said free end region thereof and situated along a common line which passes perpendicularly through the axis of said elongated portion.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
The combination of claim 1 and wherein said body is made of nylon filled with glass fibers.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The combination of claim 1 and wherein said elongated portion is formed with a bore extending completely therethrough.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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