Stamped Hotline Clamp

摘要

A stamped hotline clamp having a pair of top side walls, a pair of bottom side walls, a hinge pin, a conductor plate, a saddle and an elongated metal shaft. The hinge pin pivotably connects the top side walls and the bottom side walls on one end and the standoff separates and connects the pair of top side walls at the other end. The conductor plate extends between the top side walls and pivotably contacts a contact plate on the bottom side walls. The top end of the shaft is inserted through an opening in the saddle and threaded into an aperture in the conductor plate. Rotating the shaft in a clockwise direction closes the clamp and rotating the bottom end of the shaft in a counter-clockwise direction opens the clamp.

主权项

1. A stamped hotline clamp comprising:
two parallel, opposing top side walls, each top side wall comprising first and second ends, top and bottom edges and an intermediate section between the first and second ends; two parallel, opposing bottom side walls, each bottom side wall comprising first and second ends, and top and bottom edges, wherein the first and second ends correspond to the first and second ends of the top side walls, and wherein a base plate connects the second ends of the two bottom side walls; a contact plate on the top edges of the bottom side walls; a conductor plate disposed between and extending parallel to the top side walls, the conductor plate comprising an intermediate section with a threaded aperture; a hinge pivotably connecting the first ends of the top side walls and the bottom side walls; and an elongated shaft comprising a threaded first end, a second end and a flanged collar radially extending from the shaft at a point between the first and second ends; wherein the first end of the shaft is inserted between the bottom side walls and threaded into the threaded aperture in the conductor plate, wherein rotating the shaft in a clockwise direction closes the clamp and rotating the shaft in a counter-clockwise direction opens the clamp.