Abstract: A supporting apparatus for a conductor, comprising a helical rod having a plurality of turns. The pitch between the turns varies along the length of the helical rod, from a region of longer pitch at an end of the helical rod to a region of shorter pitch along the rod.

Abstract: A construct is disclosed that may be used to repair or replace a natural ligament. The construct may be formed of materials for biocompatibility and/or resorbtion. The construct may be provided or connected to a soft anchor for connection to a bone portion.

Abstract: A construct is disclosed that may be used to repair or replace a natural ligament. The construct may be formed of materials for biocompatibility and/or resorbtion. The construct may be provided or connected to a soft anchor for connection to a bone portion.

Abstract: A coordinate generating unit provisionally determines the X-coordinate of a point touched by the user based upon a first panel current and at least one of first and second panel voltages in a first state, and provisionally determines the Y-coordinate of the point touched by the user based upon at least a third panel voltage and a second panel current. When the user touches the two points, i.e., the first and second points, at the same time, the coordinate generating unit determines the coordinates of the first and second points by combining the two provisionally determined X-coordinates and the two provisionally determined Y-coordinates, based upon the magnitude relation between the first and second panel voltages.

Abstract: A vertical cable manager includes a base, an interconnected double-spine assembly topped by a top frame, and a pair of doors. The double-spine assembly is supported by the base. Each door is removably coupled at each lower corner to the base and at each upper corner to the top frame, thus permitting each door to be opened or hinged along either of its lateral sides or removed entirely. The double-spine assembly may support selectively repositionable mounting members, which may in turn support a large cable spool, a selectively repositionable shelf-mounted handle spool assembly, and various other cable management accessories.

Abstract: A method of wrapping elongate material with a sheath having first and second single-sideded adhesive tapes the tapes laminated to one another with an offset, a free edge of the first adhesive tape aligned parallel to the center axis such that, relative to the center axis of the material, the adhesive of the first adhesive tape lies outwards, the first adhesive tape of the sheath guided by the free edge onto the material, and wound around the material so that the first adhesive tape essentially completely envelopes the material, the second adhesive tape also wound around the material, the exposed adhesive of the second adhesive tape bonding to the exposed adhesive of the first adhesive tape, so that the material is surrounded by at least two plies of adhesive tape.

Abstract: A fire resistant resin composition, a method of making the fire resistant resin composition and an electrical wire comprising the fire resistant resin composition are provided. The fire resistant composition includes a halogen-free propylene resin containing propylene as its main monomer component, a halogen-free styrene-based thermoplastic elastomeric resin modified with an unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative of such an acid, and a fire resistant metal hydroxide.

Abstract: A clamping strip for fastening a neoprene wire is characterized that the clamping strip has a steel spring strip disposed within an insulating surface layer shielding on the outer surface. The clamping strip has annular body between two ends and a left spiral strip and a right spiral strip formed between the annular body and each of the two ends in wave-shape so as to achieve the main objective of effectively fastening the neoprene wire onto a groove at a neck portion of an insulator.

Abstract: There are disclosed a method for assembling LP insulators in which no box housing is used, assembling operation is facilitated and various product lengths can be handled, and an LP insulator assembly which is lightweight because of a small amount of packing materials for use, which produces only a small amount of waste materials after unpacking and whose insulators are easily lifted. An LP insulator assembly 1 includes an LP insulator 2 mainly constituted of a shaft body 3, an engaging member 4 and a support fitting 5; a pallet 9 in which flat plates are arranged on spacer members 7 to form a deck surface and on which the LP insulator 2 is vertically placed; a fixing member 10 for fixing the support fitting 5 to the pallet; and a tying member 12 for tying the engaging members 4 to one another.

Abstract: The subject invention is a fence-tie formed of a substantially rigid yet deformable material formed as a wire and comprising a substantially straight body having two ends. The first end is formed into a hook and the second end is bent at an angle between approximately 90 and approximately 135 degrees from the body of the fence-tie. The plane formed by the first end and the body is set at right angles to the plane formed by the second end and the body.

Abstract: An electric transmission conductor support insulator made of plastic material for mounting on the top of a utility pole basically includes an elongated cylindrical body having a top end and a bottom end, a longitudinal bore within the body extending through the bottom end and tapering inwardly toward the top end, at least one circular ledge extending laterally from the body. The ledge has an upper surface, a lower surface and a side surface, the upper and lower surfaces are positioned normal to the longitudinal axis of the body, the lower surface being larger in diameter than the upper surface with the side surface sloping inwardly toward the body from the lower surface to the upper surface, and there is a circular notch in the side of the body juxtaposed above the ledge which notch is sized to admit a substantial portion of a conductor to be supported by the insulator.

Abstract: A cutter for use in stripping ends of a circular-section conductors insulated with silicon-rubber type material that heat will deteriorate so that a heat stripping is precluded, provides a vehicle that is manually moved across a table top with a length of the insulated conductor to be stripped rolled along the table top in the rolling embrace of a plurality of rollers of the vehicle, guiding and forcing it down while a blade bears down on the insulation at a position offset from the conductor that is insulated. Different roller-lengths protect against slippage of the insulated conductor. Adjustment for various sizes of insulated wire and cable is provided also in different versions of the invention.

Abstract: A line tie assembly and various methods of installing a line tie to a conductor cable are described herein. The line tie is comprised of helical end portions and a generally undeformed, non-helical central portion therebetween. The helical end portions are adapted for circumferential gripping engagement with the conductor cable. The line tie is universal such that it will accommodate various size insulators and is adaptable to both "top tie" and "side tie" arrangements in single-support and double-support constructions. According to one set of installation methods, individual components of the line tie are spread apart along the non-helical central portions and positioned over an insulator. Another set of installation methods use the insulator as a mandrel for bending the line tie into a generally U-shaped configuration.

Abstract: A line tie assembly for securing an elongated line conductor to a line support insulator includes a pair of single-strand line tie components. The line tie components each have a pair of leg portions with helical preformed configurations and a generally U-shaped bight portion integrally interconnecting the leg portions. A generally flat flexible cushioning pad composed of resilient material is pivotally connected to and extends between the bight portions of the line tie components. The bight portions of the respective line tie components hook about a reduced diameter neck portion of the insulator on opposite sides thereof. The leg portions wrap about respective adjacent portions of the line conductor on opposite sides of the insulator for securing the line conductor to the insulator. The cushioning pad is placed between the conductor and a groove in the head portion of the insulator in which the conductor will be retained by the line tie assembly.

Abstract: An electric insulator for guiding and supporting an electric fence wire. The insulator comprises an elongated body of electrical insulating material and has a mounting means located at one end of the body for mounting the body upon a fence post in an outwardly projecting manner. An upright abutment member is fixed on the opposite end of said body and carries retainer tab means. The tab means project from said abutment in a direction generally toward the mounting means.

Abstract: A low cost, lightweight, helically preformed line tie is disclosed which is configured for yieldably securing an elongated conductor or the like to various standard sizes of conventional, grooved insulative supports without the need for specialized ties by provision of a unitary, substantially shape-retaining resilient metallic wire tie which includes a central, generally U-shaped, line-receiving bight and a pair of legs extending therefrom which have intermediate sections adjacent the bight and helically formed line-gripping terminal sections; in preferred forms, the intermediate sections include a pair of interconnected, generally straight segments disposed at an angle relative to each other, and the intermediate sections are wrapped under tension about the support body with the helical leg sections secured about the line for yieldably securing the latter to the support without creation of localized, rigidly held stress areas at the line support points which can lead to premature line failure by virtue of b