Patent ID: 8319410

Claim:
A filament clamp assembly comprising a pair of clamps disposed in parallel relation, each said clamp having a bifurcated end defining a slot and including a first half having a threaded bore and a first recess in an end thereof and a second half having a through bore in alignment with said threaded bore and a second recess in an end thereof parallel to said first recess; a pair of socket head set screws, each said set screw being threaded into said threaded bore of a respective clamp of said pair of clamps and extending outwardly of said through bore of a respective clamp of said pair of clamps; and a pair of socket head nuts, each said nut being threaded onto a respective set screw into abutment with a respective clamp of said pair of clamps whereby in response to threading of a respective head nut onto a respective set screw and abutment against a respective clamp, said first half and said second half of the respective clamp move towards each other to narrow said slot therebetween and move said first recess and said second recess towards each other to clamp a connecting lead of a filament therebetween.