Improvements in and connected with Cleats for Electric and other Wires, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1896-Accepted, 8th Aug., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Cleats for Electric and other
Wires, and the like.
I, FREDRIC BRIGHAM EVANS of 4, Henry Street, Clinton, Massachusetts,
United States of America, Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in aud by the following statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in cleats that are made of porcelain and
fastened to their support with screws, the said cleat being capable of construction
to carry one wire or more than one wire. The objects of my improvements are, to
facilitate the putting up of electric wires by having the two parts of the cleat of
exactly the same form and size, thus requiring no trouble in "mating" the two
parts. My invention also lends strength in gripping the wire; prevents twisting
tendency from unequal strain when two wires are used in the same cleat; and
provides adjustments for wires of various sizes. In order to explain my invention
clearly I make reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 5
shows a complete cleat for two wires. Fig. 1 the half cleat, which is an exact
duplicate of the other half (Fig. 2) reversed. Figs. 3 & 4 are end views of
Figs. 1 & 2. Fig. 6 is half a single wire cleat and Fig. 7 a complete one. Fig. 8
is half of a three-wire cleat and Fig. 9 an end view of Figs. 6, 7, & 8. Similar
letters refer to similar parts. The part a is on the opposite side of the cleat to the
parts b.
The abutting surface of the parts a and the abutting surfaces of the
parts are all substantially in planes perpendicular to the base of the cleat, or
to the surface to which it is fastened and at right angles to the holes through which
the wire passes or the wires pass. Thus when reversed and placed together the
parts interlock forming a riding-cleat adjustable to different sizes of wire.
The small offsets c give passage to the wire or wires, and when placed together
form angular holes which grip the wire firmly. d are the holes for the screws
holding the two halves of the cleat together. The same principle of construction
is applicable to cleats for any number of wires.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I am
aware that prior to my invention porcelain cleats have been made in various forms
and I do not claim such cleats broadly but what I claim is :-
1. A wiring cleat made in two similar and interchangeable parts, the said parts
having interlocking faces substantially perpendicular to the base of the cleat and
at right angles to the wire passages, substantially as described in the above
specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawing.
2. A wiring cleat made in two similar and interchangeable parts adjustable
towards and away from each other to accommodate various sizes of wires and having
interlocking faces perpendicular or more or less so to the base of the cleat and at
right angles to the wire-passages, substantially as described in the above specification
and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
3. Wiring cleats constructed and operating substantially as described in the above
specification and exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 9th day of June 1896.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.