US PATENT SUBCLASS 174 / 175
.~.~.~ Self-retaining


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174 /   HD   ELECTRICITY: CONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS

137 R  DF  INSULATORS {17}
168  DF  .~ With conductor holding means {3}
174  DF  .~.~ Insulator structure {1}
175.~.~.~ Self-retaining


DEFINITION

Classification: 174/175

(under subclass 174) Insulator structures designed to hold or retain a conductor without the employment of auxiliary fastening or retaining means. This includes, for example, insulators having conductor-receiving slots or passageways formed therein with tortuous or restricted entranceways to prevent separation of the conductor under ordinary installation conditions, and even though the conductor is loosely positioned and free to move longitudinally through the insulator.

(1) Note. Compare Class 256, Fences, subclass 53.