Abstract: A cleaner hose includes a hose body, connection cylinders to be connected to a cleaner operating pipe and a cleaner body, respectively, which are connected to ends of the hose body, respectively, and a reinforcement wire material wound in the hose body spirally and continuously over the whole length of hose body. The reinforcement wire material is shaped like a steeply slanted spiral in a predetermined length portion near one of or both of the ends of the hose body so that adjacent spiral portions of the reinforcement wire material are close to each other while a hose wall of the hose body is loosened toward the inner circumferential surface. On the other hand, the reinforcement wire material is shaped like a gently slanted spiral in an intermediate portion except the one of or both of the ends of the hose body so that adjacent spiral portions of the reinforcement wire material are separated from each other in the direction of a pipe axis.

Abstract: Glass particles (14) are mixed within an uncured silicone resin (13). The fluid uncured resin is placed in a portion of a terminal block (11) and cured to form a gel (13') by subjecting it to microwaves in a microwave oven (22). Conductors (25, 26) to be interconnected are next inserted into the cured silicone gel and interconnected. The cured gel containing the glass particles thereafter constitutes a dependable insulator for the conductors, particularly the portions of the conductors that are interconnected.

Abstract: A cleaner hose with a built-in current conduction wire includes a reinforcing wire rod for holding strength and a conductive wire for current conduction, which are spirally wound in the inside of a hose body, and further includes a coated wire constituted by the reinforcing wire rod and the conductive wire built in the hose. The reinforcing wire rod and the conductive wire are separated at an interval and are integrally coated with a synthetic resin raw material at an interval. A coating portion of the reinforcing wire rod and a coating portion of the conductive wire are connected to each other through a thin connection portion which can be torn off, and only the coating portion of the reinforcing wire rod is connected through an adhesive to an inner surface of the hose body.

Abstract: A wire cable assembly (10, 310) adapted for the winding of electrical coils is taught. A primary intended use is for use in particle tube assemblies (532) for the superconducting super collider. The correction coil cables (10, 310) have wires (14, 314) collected in wire arrays (12, 312) with a center rib (16, 316) sandwiched therebetween to form a core assembly (18, 318 ). The core assembly (18, 318) is surrounded by an assembly housing (20, 320) having an inner spiral wrap (22, 322) and a counter wound outer spiral wrap (24, 324). An alternate embodiment (410) of the invention is rolled into a keystoned shape to improve radial alignment of the correction coil cable (410) on a particle tube (733) in a particle tube assembly (732).

Abstract: A high-voltage winding for core-form power transformers is disclosed that uses two different conductor configurations within a single coil to minimize eddy current losses. The winding includes a first elongated conductor bundle formed from a plurality of thin enamel coated conductor ribbons arranged in side by side relation. A plurality of second elongated conductor bundles are each formed from at least one bundle section having a multiplicity of elongated insulated conductor strands arranged in side by side relation. Each of the conductor strands is less than 40 mils thick. The coil includes a top end section, a body section and a bottom end section. The body section is spirally wound with the first conductor bundle. The top and bottom end sections are wound with the second conductor bundles. In windings that include tap connectors, the tap section is also wound with one of the second conductor bundles.

Abstract: A high voltage electrical winding for shell form transformers is disclosed that reduces eddy current and circulating current losses within the winding. The winding is fabricated from an elongated conductor bundle that is spirally wound into a plurality of turns. The conductor bundle is formed from a multiplicity of enamel coated elongated conductor strands arranged in side by side relation. Each of the conductor strands has a rectangular cross section with a thickness of less than approximately 40 mils between contacting surfaces. The strand's cross sectional height is preferably less than 120 mils. The conductor strands are mounted side by side such that their respective contact surfaces abut. The conductor bundle is preferably wrapped in an adhesive tape to give the bundle some structural support and to provide insulation between winding turns. The disclosed winding also has very good mechanical strength and impulse distribution.

Abstract: The secondary winding of a high power transformer for clocked power supplies is composed of a plurality of skeins extending parallel to one another which are, in turn, constructed of a plurality of stranded conductors extending parallel to one another, whereby the stranded conductors are composed of wire-shaped individual conductors respectively provided with an insulating surface and twisted or woven with one another. All stranded conductors are electrically and mechanically connected to one another at both ends of their respective skeins and all skeins are connected to one another at one end of the secondary winding and connected to one another across respective rectifiers at the other end thereof.

Abstract: An audio cable formed of a mass of wires which are wound together into a first group and a second group, the wires of the first group are electrically connected together by the wires being coated with an electrically conductive material such as a tin alloy. The wires of the first group are to facilitate the conducting of low frequency audio signals. The wires of the second group are electrically insulated relative to each other with each wire being coated with an electrically insulating material such as enamel. It is function of the wires of the second group to facilitate the conducting of the higher frequency audio signals. The second group is wound in a twisted manner about the wires of the first group.

Abstract: A lampholder for miniature light sets has a socket at one end to receive a lamp unit and a wireway at the opposite end which is covered by a snap-on cover. The socket receives two identical contact plates which are laterally reversible so that in one position they project by a respective insulation severing element into one portion of the wireway to engage a first wire, and in a second position the severing element projects into a second portion of the wireway to engage a second wire.

Abstract: A two conductor audio cable having no delay from end to end as a function of the frequency of audio signals conducted therethrough. There are a pair of conductor assemblies each comprising an elongated cylindrical core member of a flexible insulating material extending between the ends of the cable. A plurality of strands of an electrical conducting material are longitudinally disposed between the ends of the cable along the outer surface of the core member to define a cylindrical conductor which is, in essence, all "skin". The strands are electrically insulated from one another. A cylindrical support tube of a flexible insulating material is disposed over the core member and extends between the ends of the cable and is supported concentrically about and spaced from the core member by a helically wrapped support tube.

Abstract: A signal cable assembly comprising a pair of cables adapted to respectively carry the positive and negative audio signals between a power source and a load. Each cable consists of a first conductor formed by a plurality of bundles of wire strands twisted together to form a single conductor, and a second conductor in the form of a solid conductor having a diameter larger than the diameter of each wire strand. Insulation sleeves extend around the conductors for at least a portion of the length thereof.

Abstract: A composite wire which consists of a number of preferably parallel extending single wire strands bundled to form one solid assembly at least one of which is a bare wire. The composite wire (8) is formed from a bare wire (15) around whch a number, for example, five, or more, single wire strands (9-14) having a thin insulating layer are arranged in the form of a bundle. The assembly is surrounded by a layer of an electrically insulating material, which itself may be surrounded by a layer of a thermoplastic material. The composite wire is particularly suitable for winding saddle-shaped deflection coils for deflection units for cathode ray tubes.

Abstract: A series-parallel lighting string having a cord with three wires separated by insulation and a series of cutouts severing the center wire of the cord, and lampholders positioned at each of the cutouts to hold a miniature push-in type light bulb. Each of the lampholders has a pair of contact plates between which a bulb is inserted with its lead wires in contact with the plates. The contact plates are positioned within a husk of the lampholder, and the husk has a snap-fitting cap hingedly attached thereto to define a wireway. The wireway is formed by corresponding semicircular grooves in each of the husk and the cap sized to receive the cord. Each of the contact plates has an insulation-piercing contact finger positioned to engage one of the end portions of the severed wire to each side of the cutout in the cord. The first and last lampholders in each series set has a second cord-piercing contact finger which contacts one or the other of the outer non-severed wires.

Abstract: Optimum signal/power transmission characteristics are realized in a cable containing a plurality of individually insulated conductors which vary in size one to another wherein the ratio of the size of one conductor to the next larger conductor is about 0.62. Normally, at least three different sizes of conductors will be employed in a cable wherein each size classification differs from the next larger or smaller size classification by the specified ratio. This particular ratio is often called the golden section and is the ratio between the two sizes in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both.

Abstract: A litz wire comprises three or more insulated strands consisting essentially of an inner conductor and an outer insulating layer on said conductor. The strands are twisted symmetrically with respect to the center line of the wire, so that a current density distribution in the litz wire becomes uniform. Three or more such litz wires are twisted to form a composite litz wire. The composite litz wires are suitable for use in a high-frequency coil.

Abstract: A plurality of strands each comprising a conductor covered with an insulating layer and then with an adhesive layer are twisted together and fixed to each other by fusing of the adjacent adhesive layers to form a litz wire which will not be deformed even by an external force.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed by which electrical conductor cable can be produced utilizing electrostatic coating means, which method and apparatus are highly convenient, uncomplicated and economical to carry out. An outstanding and unique feature of the cable produced in accordance herewith resides in the presence of a web portion of reduced cross-section connecting the individual conductors, by which manual severence of one from another is facilitated. Most desirably, the apparatus and method provide means for producing individual insulating coatings on each of the conductors, which means ideally utilizes an electrostatic cloud coating technique.

Abstract: A void-free electrical conductor for power cables including a stranded electrical conductor formed of a central member and a plurality of abutting peripheral conducting members, the stranded conductor having a primary layer of electrical insulation heat shrunk about the exterior thereof and having an insulation material completely filling the internal space of the conductor within the primary external electrical insulation layer, the filler insulation adapted to fill all interstices between individual conducting strands outward from the abutment points between peripheral conducting members and the area inside of the abutment points being insulated by the insulation around the central conducting member to thereby form a completely void-free filling of the space within the primary electrical insulation in order to prevent the axial flow of any liquid or gaseous substance therethrough, said primary electrical insulation layer being void-free to increase the dielectric strength of the final electrical conductor c

Abstract: Stranded wire comprising a plurality of individual strands twisted around a core coated with a thin layer of adhesive (a synthetic material or solder). During manufacture of the wire or of lengths of wire the individual strands are joined to the core either throughout the entire length or locally so that when the insulation sheath is locally removed the wire strands cannot fan out.

Abstract: High frequency electrical coils are commonly made out of Litz wire. If the coil is baked and an aqueous phenol solution is pumped through a nylon tube making up the structural core of the Litz wire, the tube will be dissolved out, thereby yielding an unobstructed opening through which a cooling fluid may be pumped. The resultant coil has a vastly improved heat conduction and can tolerate substantially higher currents.

Abstract: Transmission line for RF power utilizing generally flat supply and return lines each comprising a plurality of flexible, insulated conductors connected together at their ends. The two lines are enclosed in a flexible sheath which holds the lines in close proximity to each other, and fields produced by the lines tend to cancel each other.

Abstract: A signal cable assembly comprising a pair of cables adapted to respectively carry the positive and negative audio signals between a power source and a load. Each cable consists of a first conductor formed by a plurality of bundles of wire strands twisted together to form a single conductor, and a second conductor in the form of a solid conductor having a diameter larger than the diameter of each wire strand. Insulation sleeves extend around the conductors for at least a portion of the length thereof.