Emerson Electric Company

Ryan Taylor

Mark R Moore

Randall T Markum

Stacy V Springer

A spider bracket (10) supporting an electrical heating element (H) having respective ends (E1, E2) connected in an electrical circuit. The spider bracket has a plurality of arms (12-18) supporting the heating element. These ends are affixed to an electrical wiring support bracket (20) which includes a bracket arm (22) attached to a spider arm (12) and extending therefrom. A holding fixture (24) connects to the bracket arm and includes separate apertures (26, 28) through which each of which a respective end of the heating element is inserted. The fixture also includes a separate, spaced slot (30) in which one of the heating element ends is also inserted. Each aperture has a circumferential rim (26r, 28r) projecting outwardly from the fixture and extending circumferentially about the aperture. The rims is deformable, by staking or swaging, for a portion of the rim to be pressed into contact with an end of the heating element. This affixes the end of the heating element to the wiring support bracket.

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Lowndes County, MS, United States of America

Ryan Taylor