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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Applicant:
Robert DE France, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Inventor:
Robert De France, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Assignee:
Delri, LLC, Winsted, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16G 11/00 (2006.01); H01R 4/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wedge dead end employs a single wedge-shaped jaw movable in an angled jaw guide between a rearward open position and a forward gripping position. The single jaw wedge dead end defines a fixed cable trough generally parallel to a lower gripping surface of the wedge-shaped jaw. When released from its rearward open position the jaw moves toward its forward gripping position and into a wedging engagement against a conductor disposed in the cable trough. Forward movement of the jaw applies gripping force against the conductor until the full tension of the transmission line is developed.