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US 8,389,861 · App. 13/019,437 · Granted Mar 5, 2013

Safety arm pin

Inventor: Keith Simnacher (Hereford, TX)
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,389,861
App. No.
13/019,437
Granted
Mar 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power line insulating assembly and safety arm pin includes: an insulating section, where said insulating section includes an end portion where a fight hand threaded section is provided at the end portion for securing the insulator section to the power linen hardware, wherein the insulating section abuts an arm nut and shoulder assembly; and a safety arm pin connected to the insulating section via the nut and shoulder assembly, where arm pin includes a left handed threaded section to receive hardware for mounting the assembly on a power line transmission assembly, where said hardware is removable without loosening of the insulating section. The hardware for mounting may include a square washer, a left-handed nut and left-handed lock.

Claims (5)

1. A power line insulating assembly and safety arm pin comprising:

a. an insulating section, where said insulating section includes an end portion where a right hand threaded section is provided at the end portion for securing the insulator section to the power linen hardware, wherein the insulating section abuts an arm nut and shoulder assembly; and

b. a safety arm pin connected to the insulating section via the nut and shoulder assembly, where the arm pin includes a left handed threaded section to receive a square washer, a left-handed nut and left-handed lock for mounting the assembly on a power line transmission assembly, where said hardware is removable without loosening of the insulating section.

2. The power line assembly according to claim 1 , where the arm pin includes a first dimension, the left handed section includes a second dimension, the shoulder includes a third dimension, the head nut includes a fourth dimension, the insulator section includes a fifth dimension and the end portion includes sixth dimension.

3. The power line assembly according to claim 2 , where the first dimension is about 0.625 inches, the second dimension is about 0.59375, the third dimension is one of about 2 or 3 inches, the fourth dimension is one of about 0.875 or 1.12 inches, the fifth dimension is one of about 1.125 or 1.4375 inches and the sixth dimension is one of about 0.75 or 1.0 inches.

Continuity (1)
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