Patent ID: 6824111
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B60M

Abstract:
A supporting and fastening arrangement for contact wires comprising a one-piece elongate support portion which can be fixed by means of suitable fastening means to as mast, a pipe, or a house wall, and a coupling element for connecting the support portion to a bracing tube, wherein the support portion has a central first opening and/or recess which is provided to co-operate with a matching connecting portion of the coupling element and which is adapted to make a connection which can be plugged in and released and which is secured in respect of rotation and which is fixed when placed under a tensile and/or pressure loading, andwherein the coupling element has a pivot portion fitted thereto and connected to-a counterpart fork coupling element which is adapted for connecting to a bracing tube, and wherein the coupling element is in the form of a receiving holder for the support portion and has a receiving portion for insertion and positively locking retention of the support portion, and the coupling element is in the form of a yoke-shaped holder which to provide the receiving portion embraces the support portion in a U-shape in the region of the first opening and is adapted to provide the pivot portion for receiving the coupling element counterpart fork at first and second leg portions of the holder.