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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7396252 | Releasable utility line retention apparatus A device or apparatus that reduces the number of utility pole breakages occurring during severe weather events and facilitates quicker and more cost efficient repair of downed utility lines. The device secures utility lines such as power service lines to utility pol... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7368660 | Anti-cascading suspension clamps for overhead power transmission lines A suspension clamp (10) has a stirrup part (12) with an upper end adapted for pivotal connection to a string of insulators (S) of a transmission tower. A clamping part (14) is accommodated within the stirrup part (12) for clamping onto th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7290748 | Breakaway support for overhead lines The breakaway support for overhead lines is a coordinated failure control device. The breakaway support for overhead lines sacrifices itself to ensure that the supporting structure is not damaged. The device has an intentional weak link. The breakaway support for ov... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7164079 | Preferential separable overhead electric service drop and associated method An overhead service drop extending between a utility pole and a customer location includes at least one power conductor, a neutral conductor messenger supporting itself and the power conductor, and a separable power connector between the power conductor and a corres... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7097154 | Extended length strand take up device An extended length strand take up device comprises at least two tension rods disposed in parallel spaced relationship to one another, and a first connecting body slidably mounted on the tension rods for connecting the extended length strand take up device to a guy w... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6646200 | Apparatus, systems, and methods for adjusting the position of a hanging aerial terminal Apparatus, systems, and methods provide for a hanging aerial terminal including means to rotationally adjust positions or means to adjust positions in a cantilever fashion. This invention also includes a kit-of-parts for a hanging aerial suspension system... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6452095 | Threaded cable hangers for supporting electrical cables in ships A threaded cable hanger attached to a stud includes a reverse (protuberant) dimple that provides a seat for the end of the stud, and permits the bar to make up to a full final turn to permit the bar to be in a desired orientation. A stud top containing th... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6448493 | Suspension device having a cable carriage integral therewith The present invention relates to a combined cable suspension device and cable carriage. To enable a cable suspension device (1) to be used also as a cable carriage, the suspension device has been provided with a rotatable cable support (2) which can be mo... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6382583 | Releasable device and method A safety device may be used to provide separation in the event of a side impact collision. The device may be used in a utility pole guy wire system, interposed between the guy wire and the ground anchor. The device operates in bending. A lateral force of ... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6372984 | Conductor galloping control device and method of installation A galloping control rod for suppressing the vertical, torsional and horizontal movement associated with the galloping affect on aerial cables due to freezing rain, wet snow or frost deposits. The anti-galloping rod includes a non-conductive rod having a p... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6245991 | Utility pole guy wire breakaway connector A guy wire breakaway connector for a utility pole will separate when impacted by a vehicle, to avoid damage to the vehicle or the pole, and injury to occupants of the vehicle. A pair of terminal members each has a tapered key with teeth that grip the guy ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6239362 | Device for compensating variations in the length of tensioned cables, with substantially constant traction A device for compensating length variations of tensioned cables, with a substantially constant tension, including a contrast element, which is meant to be interposed between one end of the tensioned cable and an anchoring element and is adapted to generat... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6096971 | Adaptable, overhead line vibration damping/sag adjustment device Adaptable, line vibration damping/sag adjustment devices are provided with hollow regions that facilitate drilling of larger holes in the devices so that the devices can hold and clamp lines having correspondingly large diameters.... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6085008 | Aerial cable and tension clamp assembly An assembly comprising a self supporting aerial cable and tension clamp means including gripping means for gripping the cable, the gripping means comprising at least one helically wound rod fitted over the cable's outer sheath, wherein ##EQU1## ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6057508 | Sag compensator for suspended lines The invention uses one or more scissor devices, or disks, or cogs such that the axial thermal expansion of a coupling member is amplified such that this amplified movement is used to automatically mitigate the sag of a suspended line; the same ambient tem... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5898558 | Protective overload device A protective overload device (POD) that absorbs energy and reduces the damage to transmission towers resulting from sudden conductor, shield wire, insulator, or conductor suspension failures is herein disclosed. The POD is positioned between the non-energ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5623122 | Method and apparatus for service cable disconnection A breakaway connection device is provided which is particularly suited for use with residential electric service cables. This device is mounted between the service cable and the service pole and serves to disconnect the cable from the pole upon the applic... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5416273 | Strain relief for flexible wire at fixed junction In a towed array breakout of the type deployed from or retrieved by naval ssels a junction is defined between a fixed portion of an electrically conductive wire and a movable portion of the wire portion. A relatively hard potting material is provided arou... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5315064 | Suspended line breakaway device An improved suspended line cable breakaway device includes a first body portion for connecting to a first end of a support cable and a second body portion for connecting to a second end of the support cable. The first body portion includes resilient finge... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5092663 | Apparatus and method for maintaining slack of fiber optic cable or the like An apparatus for supporting and maintaining slack of fiber optic cable or the like in an aerial installation comprises an elongate channel member having an arcuate section and a plurality of linear sections for receiving the slack and means for securing t... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5073680 | Substation interconnecting electrical cable conductor connecting device A device for facilitating integrity of an electrical interconnection of a pair of electrical suspended conductor cables includes a flexible conductive loop and a tension retainer between the cables. Free adjacent spaced apart ends of the cables are connec... | 12/17/1991 |
| 4616103 | Device with controlled deformation for protecting power lines against overloading due to the weather A device for relieving mechanical loads on electrical conductors and line poles. The device includes arms pivoted to one another and a rod connected to the arms so that upon pivoting movement of the arms towards a full open position the rod is elongated. ... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4531019 | Insulating arrangement for a capacitive protective fence having a metal encapsulated insulator, a mounting device for an electric wire and a device for fastening the insulating arrangement to a fence post An insulator arrangement which may be employed, for example, on a capacitive protective fence comprises three principal elements: (1) an insulator, made of ceramic or plastic, having at least one ring-shaped recess arranged on its bottom to form a long path fo... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4468015 | Wire tensioning apparatus The invention provides a wire tensioning member for providing spring tension in a fence wire. There is provided a spring steel member of a resiliently deformable compound curvature, with the wire being attachable to one end, and the other end being provid... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4409429 | Overhead electric transmission or distribution system Risk of fracture of an optical fibre in an overhead stranded electric conductor having an optical fibre loosely housed in an elongate compartment extending throughout the length of the conductor when the conductor is subjected to a tensile load greater th... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4040604 | Gate handle for an electric fence A tubular plastic casing has a coil spring contained therein. A first rod member is hooked to the spring at one end of the casing, the rod member having a shank extending axially through the spring and outwardly through the opposite end of the casing. A h... | 08/09/1977 |
