Patent ID: 7073754
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: E04B,F16B,F16G,F16L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clamp for a cable support system to suspend an object from an overhead beam comprising: a generally “C” shaped clamp body; a threaded fastener threadingly received within one leg of said “C” shaped body to clamp said “C” shaped body onto said overhead beam; a vertical bore through the vertical portion of the “C” of said clamp body for the purpose of receiving a cable to be suspended from said overhead beam; a conical end portion at the lower part of said bore; a wedge retainer vertically movable within said bore; wedges retained by said wedge retainer for the purpose of contacting a cable within said bore and to forced against said cable by said conical end portion of said bore when said retainer is at the lower part of said bore; and a spring urge said wedge retainer downwardly relative to said bore.