Segmented cable tangent clamp
A tangent clamp includes a body to be supported by a structure and to permit cables to proceed along a tangential direction relative to the structure. The tangent clamp may include at least one actuatable clamping portion associated with the body to support a respective one of the cables. The body is configured to permit at least one additional actuatable clamping portion to be provided upon the body. The tangent clamp may include a plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions associated with the body. The body may be provided as multiple portions. The multiple portions are relatively movable to permit the body to be mounted upon the structure.
1 . A tangent clamp comprising:
a single, monolith piece body to be supported by a structure and to permit cables to proceed along a tangential direction relative to the structure, the body having a plurality of hemicylindrical trough shapes each to engage, grip, and support a respective one of the cables; and
a plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions associated with the body, with each of the separately actuatable clamping portions having a single mating hemicylindrical trough shape to engage, grip, and support the respective one of the cables, and each of the separately actuatable clamping portions being configured to operate for optionally retaining or releasing the respective one of the cables;
wherein at least some of the plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions are immediately adjacent to each other and arranged in a linear sequential row.
2 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions includes at least one segment that is integral with the body.
3 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions is removably attached to the body.
4 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 1 , wherein each separately actuatable clamping portion, of the plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions, includes a movable member.
5 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 4 , wherein removal is the movement associated with the movable member.
6 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the body includes plural body segments.
7 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 6 , wherein at least one separately actuatable clamping portion, of the plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions, is provided upon each body segment of the plural body segments.
8 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 6 , wherein plural separately actuatable clamping portions, of the plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions, are provided upon at least one body segment of the plural body segments.
9 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions are arranged in an array and the array has a major extent in a horizontal direction that lies within a plane that is parallel to a plane within which the tangential direction lies.
10 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions are arranged in an array and the array has a major extent in a vertical direction that is non-parallel to the tangential direction.
11 . A tangent clamp comprising:
a single, monolith piece body to be supported by a structure and to permit cables to proceed along a tangential direction relative to the structure, the body having a plurality of segments each to grip and retain a respective one of the cables; and
at least one clamping portion associated with the body, with each of the at least one clamping portion being separately actuatable and having a segment to grip and retain the respective one of the cables while in a respective actuated condition and release the respective one of the cables while not in the respective actuated condition, wherein
at least some clamping portions are immediately adjacent to each other and arranged in a linear sequential row.
12 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 11 , wherein at least one of the at least one clamping portion includes at least one segment that is integral with the body.
13 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 11 , wherein at least one of the at least one clamping portion is removably attached to the body.
14 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 11 , wherein the body provided as multiple portions.
15 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 11 , wherein the body has plural troughs.
16 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 15 , wherein each of the at least one clamping portion includes a respective movable member that is associated with a respective one of the plural troughs.
17 . A tangent clamp comprising:
a single, monolith piece body to be supported by a structure and to permit cables to proceed along a tangential direction relative to the structure; and
a plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions, each having a single hemicylindrical trough shape, associated with the body to engage, grip, and support a respective one of the cables, wherein at least some of the plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions are immediately adjacent to each other and arranged in a linear sequential row, with the body configured to permit at least one additional actuatable clamping portion to be provided upon the body, and each separately actuatable clamping portion being configured to operate for optionally retaining or releasing the respective one of the cables.
18 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 17 , wherein at least one of the plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions is removably attached to the body.
19 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 17 , wherein at least one of the plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions includes at least one segment that is integral with the body.
20 . The tangent clamp as set forth in claim 19 , wherein at least one of the plurality of separately actuatable clamping portions includes a movable member.