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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7198253 | Wire rope connectors and tensioners for deck railing systems Wire attachment and/or tensioning assemblies are described. The ends of wires may be fitted with mateable collar and wedge components to allow the wire to be securely attached to a supporting structure such as, for example, the surface of a railing post. The wire at... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7137617 | Composite tensioning members and method for manufacturing same A composite tension member. The composite tension member is assembled from a number of composite rods, each having two ends. A wedge plug is formed around the ends of the composite rods. The wedge plugs are inserted into termination fitting having a termination fitt... | 11/21/2006 |
| 6948746 | Security seal and lock with enhanced bore sleeve One end of a stranded steel cable is attached to a cast zinc seal housing having a chamber in which a steel sleeve with a tapered bore is positioned. The sleeve in one embodiment is fixed to the housing in the chamber or may be displaceable and captured in the chamb... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948216 | Window covering with improved anchor for operating cord A covering for an architectural opening includes a head rail, a bottom rail, and a blind material extending therebetween in addition to an operating element or lift cord extending from the head rail to the bottom rail and an improved anchoring system for securing th... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6918345 | Watercraft lifts and cable tie-off device for watercraft lifts Novel cable tie-off devices for watercraft lift assemblies are disclosed and claimed herein. In certain embodiments, the cable tie-off devices are mounted onto the vertical pilings of the watercraft lift assembly without the use of bolts or other fasteners that dire... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6898827 | Wedge socket with actuator assembly A wedge socket with actuator assembly. A wedge socket has an elongated hollow basket with a large opening at a first end, a small opening at a second end, and a pair of sides. A wedge has a large end, a small end, a peripheral groove to receive a wire rope, and a pa... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6874207 | Yoke for automatic deadend assembly A deadend assembly for anchoring a wire to a support includes a yoke having a base. An opening through the base of the yoke receives a wire receiving device and a first bail. First and second opposing hooks on the base receive a second bail. The second bail is remov... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6854164 | Termination device for an aramid-based elevator rope A termination device for an aramid-based elevator rope comprises a socket having a tapered internal passageway adapted to receive a wedge and a rope. The passageway has first and second semi-cylindrical rope engaging surfaces. The wedge has a peripheral groove havin... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6145443 | Suspension for suspending a running rail of a lifting mechanism from a girder The invention is directed to a suspension for the running rail of a lifting mechanism at a girder, with a cable connecting the girder and the running rail. The ends of the cable are detachably connected with one another by a connection element. To prevent... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6074124 | Log boom apparatus and method utilizing open-sided hook A cable connector has a body with a passageway therethrough and a slot extending along the passageway. A wedge is slidably received in the passageway. A log boom is secured by connecting the body of the connector to one end of the cable, wrapping the cabl... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6053652 | Apparatus for performing jet pump riser pipe repairs Apparatus for supporting the lower riser assembly of a jet pump in a reactor pressure vessel (RPV) of a nuclear reactor. In one embodiment of the apparatus, the clamp assembly provides structural rigidity to the lower rise assembly. The clamp assembly inc... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5987711 | Rope clamp A rope clamp is provided which is suitable either for use to hang adjustably an article suspended by a rope, or to act as an adjustable tie down. The clamp has a clamping rope channel between a pair of parallel plates. Clamping ribs are located in the rop... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5987712 | Cord lock An improved cord lock provides a mechanism for preventing a moveable slide from being drawn too far into a cord lock body by heavy forces transmitted through the cord being locked. The improved cord lock has a body of standard manufacture, and a moveable ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5553360 | Extended wedge socket assembly A wedge socket assembly having a wedge socket, a pin for connecting objects to the wedge socket, a wedge, and a bolt for holding the wedge in the wedge socket. The wedge socket has an elongated, hollow basket of substantially rectangular cross-section. Th... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5454140 | Cord locking device A cord locking device of this invention comprises a casing having openings respectively at opposite ends and a longitudinal aperture in a front plate, and a slide adapted to be inserted in the casing. The slide has a pair of resilient grip portions extend... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5435044 | Cord tightening device A cord tightening device comprises a case having a pair of front and rear plates and a pair of opposite lateral walls interconnecting the front and rear plates and having forwardly converging inner surfaces defining a small-width opening at one end thereo... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5280843 | Game ball training apparatus/carrier A game ball assembly for use with a game ball is described comprising a net for receiving and holding the game ball, a handle adapted to be retained within a user's hand, a length adjuster having a body part and a relatively movable locking slide part def... | 01/25/1994 |
| 5164546 | Wire harness protector A wire harness protector prevents wire harness wear resulting from repeated flexing at a single point by holding the harness in a bent fashion. The harness fits between a retaining portion and a retaining cap. A fixing arm may be connected to the retainin... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5083797 | Game ball training apparatus/carrier A game ball assembly for use with a game ball is described comprising a net for receiving and holding the game ball, a handle adapted to be retained within a user's hand, a length adjuster having a body part and a relatively movable locking slide part def... | 01/28/1992 |
| 4993123 | Adjustable nautical rope lock A two part rope lock for hooking over the railing of a boat, having a hanger member with a pair of transversely arranged guide hooks at upper and lower ends. A channel is formed by two outstanding flanges at the back of a leg of a rail-engageable hook bet... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4881302 | Cord or rod clamp A cord or rod clamp includes a housing defining a central opening and having jaw members and wedge members located within the housing. Spring elements normally position the jaw members in substantially contacting relationship with each other and within th... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4815174 | Setting device for ropes A binding device for rope such as a belt for hanging a bag or a leash for tugging a pet. The rope is passed through into the setting hole of the binding means with a wedge so that the rope is fixedly pressed in the said hole.... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4809408 | Shielded wedge-type cable clamp A wedge-type cable clamp has an outer member providing an open-ended tapered recess receiving a wedge around which a cable is wrapped in the usual manner. The wedge projects beyond the larger end of the recess, and the sides of the outer member extend pas... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4807333 | Cord lock with cord removal slot A cord lock including a body containing a passage through which two cords extend, and a slide received at least partially within the passage and movable relative to the body between a locking position retaining the cords against longitudinal movement and ... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4765034 | Cord tightening device A cord tightening device for tightening cords on anoraks, shopping bags and other bags includes a hollow body and a slider movably disposed in the body and slidable along a guide groove defined in a face plate of the body. The slider has an annular retain... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4761861 | Fastening means for belts An arrangement for securing a belt against slipping from a holding clamp by forming a loop in the belt and inserting same into a slot of a clamp or a device, a wedge is then inserted into said loop. By pulling the free end of the belt, the loop and wedge ... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4738572 | Machine tool A machine tool has a base (6), a XY table (5) arranged at the base (6) for holding a work (W) thereon in such a way that the XY table (5) can move together with the work (W) in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4718788 | Wire rope equalizer socket An equalizer socket including a socket body, a plurality of grooved wire receiving wedges removably inserted therein and at least one center wedge having a greater taper in bearing contact with the ropes of the grooved wedges, and constraining means assoc... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4670948 | Stopping arrangement for long drawing elements A stopping arrangement for long drawing elements such as ropes exhibiting essentially two parallel, opposing clamping surfaces. The clamping surfaces are so arranged as to pull against one another, so that a pressure is exerted on the drawing element when... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4665590 | Cord retainer assembly A cord retainer assembly constructed of two cooperating parts: a cord holder part and a cord lock part. The cord holder part is molded as a one-piece plastic elongate housing having a tapered nose portion with two spaced apart apertures formed at one end ... | 05/19/1987 |
| 4642854 | Socket for mounting on the end of a steel cable A socket for mounting an end of a wire rope having a body member, said body member having a bowl therein for receiving said wire rope end and molten zinc to anchor the rope in the socket, the external surface of the socket providing a contoured, reinforce... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4637098 | Shim used for cable clamp Disclosed herein is a shim having a quite simple and easily operable shape and is used for a cable clamp composed of a wedge-like member and a sleeve-like member, those members being telescopically assembled to clamp a cable therebetween. Said sleeve-like... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4602891 | Open wedge socket An open wedge socket for a cable or the like includes a wedge having a peripheral surface for engaging the cable, a housing including an outwardly opening channel for receiving the wedge and cable, and an interference member having a sliding fit on the ho... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4575904 | Guy hook A guy hook used to attach a guy cable to a transmission line pole includes an upper body portion (25), a central body portion (26), and a lower heel portion (27). The upper portion has a neck (29) and ears (28) for engaging the guy cable. The central body... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4561154 | Wedge-type rope socket connection and method A socket-wedge connection for wedge-type rope socket wherein a multi-part wedge is employed having one part collapsible, finding advantageous use, for example, in the lines employed with excavating equipment.... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4499763 | Means for attaching a sounding balloon Apparatus for attaching a sounding balloon by its filling tube to a device which is adapted to be connected to a radiosonde by a flexible connecting element includes an attachment member in which an aperture is formed and a fixing member adapted to be fit... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4384389 | Rope-chaining device A rope-chaining device is formed consisting of a screw bar screwed into one side of acceptor, and an arcuately-shaped plate is provided rotatably at the end portion of the screw bar within the acceptor. A rope-fixing member is disposed within the acceptor... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4313243 | Sliding wedge cable clamp A bight of a cable is wrapped around a sliding wedge thimble which, when one or both of the cable parts is pulled, jams the cable parts between convergent sides of the wedge thimble and opposed convergent sides of a casing. A key, when engaged through reg... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4295749 | Eye splice fitting A fitting for anchoring together adjacent sections of rope or cable makes use of a housing with parallel, oppositely positioned frustoconical holes, each adapted to accommodate a pair of complementary wedge sections. Each wedge section of the pair has a s... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4156574 | Cord lock with self locking spring feelers A cord lock including a body containing a passage within which there is received a locking slide adapted to wedge a pair of cords against opposite side walls of the passage, with the slide having a main locking portion with a pair of toothed faces engagea... | 05/29/1979 |
