LOW-PROFILE, AFTER-ALIGNED, UNIVERSAL POINT MOUNT

摘要

An anchor for lightning protection systems includes a base and pad that extend over a sufficient area and a sufficient bearing length to hold in shear and in tension against the weight, shear force, and moment of cables, points, and other components of a lightning protection systems. A universal point mount may be forged to optimize cross sectional area and contact surface area throughout the mounting system. Drilled and tapped to receive a point oriented arbitrarily, the head mounts easily on a horizontal or vertical mounting surface. Apertures and fasteners provide arbitrary positioning of a point at any necessary orientation.

主权项

1. An apparatus orienting arbitrarily a point of a lightning protection system, the apparatus comprising:
a head having an outer surface; an inner surface; and a perimeter surface characterized by a perimeter defining an effective diameter; the head, further provided with a first penetration through the outer surface and a second penetration through the perimeter surface, each sized and configured to receive and secure the point; a mount securable to a mounting surface of a protected structure and having a mount orientation defined arbitrarily between vertical and horizontal by the mounting surface; and a mandible comprising a connector securing the head thereto in any selected position of a plurality of positions effective to orient the point independently from the orientation of the mounting surface and absent any substantial distortion of the head.