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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7244155 | Mooring line for an oceanographic buoy system A mooring line for an oceanographic buoy system includes four sections. The first section is a protected cable that is connectable to the buoy. The second section is an energy absorbing cable. The third section is a weighted cable. The fourth section is a buoyant ca... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231722 | Lay out line A chalk line apparatus for marking regularly spaced locations. The apparatus comprises a casing for powdered chalk containing a rotatable reel, a wire rope wound on said reel, and an exit opening for the wire rope at one end of the holder. The wire rope is coated wi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230180 | Multi-strand steel cable A multi-strand steel cable includes steel strands jacketed with plastic fibers, where the plastic fiber jacketing is melted onto the steel strands by a thermal treatment. The steel cable has a core formed by an unjacketed steel strand, and the core is surrounded by ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228681 | Open layered steel cord with high breaking load A steel cord adapted for the reinforcement of elastomers includes: a core steel filament with a diameter dc and coated with a polymer, six intermediate steel filaments with a diameter di smaller than or equal to dc, the intermediate ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7185482 | Drive-capable support or traction means and method for production thereof A drive-capable support or traction member and a method for the production thereof. The support or traction member has at least one layer of strands of synthetic fiber material and an outer casing encasing the strands. A lubricant is selectively incorporated in the ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7162858 | Push-pull cable and method of manufacturing thereof A push-pull cable is provided. The cable includes a central wire, a first set of wires wrapped around the central wire, and a second set of wires wrapped around the first set of wires. A coating is then formed around the second set of wires. Also provided is a metho... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7137483 | Rope and elevator using the same An elevator in which the sheave diameter is reduced and the attendant lowering of the rope life and strength is suppressed to secure safety and reliability. To this end, a rope is used in which a plurality of element wires constituting the wire rope are each covered... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7089723 | Multi-layer steel cord where intermediate filaments are coated with a polymer A steel cord comprises a core with one or more core steel filaments and further comprises a first layer of intermediate steel filaments twisted around the core, and a second layer of second steel filaments twisted around the first layer. At least one of the intermed... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7036298 | Rope for elevator and method for manufacturing the rope An elevator rope includes: an inner layer rope; an inner layer covering body of resin and covering the outer periphery of the inner layer rope; an outer layer located in the outer periphery of the inner layer covering body; and an outer layer covering body of a high... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6811877 | Reinforcing structure A reinforcing structure designed for handling compression stress states when the structure is molded into a composite. The structure, specifically a wrapped cord with metallic filaments contained therein, is suitable for both compression and tension load forces. The... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6779330 | Antimicrobial cut-resistant composite yarn and garments knitted or woven therefrom An antimicrobial, cut-resistant composite yarn which has a core member including at least one cut-resistant strand, a cover member including at least one strand wrapped around and enclosing the core member, wherein at least one strand in either the core member or th... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6412264 | Low stretch elevator rope A low stretch elevator rope (10) is obtained in which a plastic core (12) has a central strength member (18) that does not increase the weight of the rope by more than 5%. Moreover, the plastic core (12) has a diameter exceeding 50% of the diameter of the... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6385957 | Wire rope with reverse jacketed IWRC A wire rope is disclosed, which has at most 18 outer strands and an independent wire rope core, with the strands of the core being laid in the opposite direction to the outer strands of the rope, and a nylon jacket is provided between the core and the out... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6360522 | Rope for conveying systems A filler element is located between each adjacent pair of outer strands of a wire rope and interlocks with the adjacent strands. The filler elements provide the rope with substantially smooth outer surface reducing vibration of the rope passing over a pul... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6327842 | Metallic cord for the reinforcement of elastomers The present invention relates to a metallic cord for the reinforcement of elastomers. The cord has (a) a core composed of two filaments, (b) a single filament surrounding said core and (c) a sheath of nine filaments surrounding said core and single filame... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6209298 | Process for the manufacture of a dipped tire cord fabric made of organic fiber cords including cord joint portions In a process for the manufacture of dipped tire cord fabrics made of organic fiber cords, two organic fiber cords before treatment, each formed by subjecting two or more bundles of organic multifilaments to cable twisting and ply twisting, are connected t... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6146760 | High strength cord Steel reinforcing cords (36) having four or more filaments (38, 40, 42 and 44) in two groups, one twisted and the other untwisted with a filament tensile strength TS equal to K1 -K2 D where K1 =4080N/mm2, and D ... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5749681 | High tensile strand, anchorages and methods of installation thereof A high tensile steel strand for civil engineering applications comprises a core wire (11) and a ring of outer wires (12) arranged in a helical pattern around the core wire and in contact with the core wire. The number and the diameter of the outer wires i... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5749211 | Fiber-reinforced plastic bar and production method thereof A fiber-reinforced plastic bar comprises a core and a surface member, the core comprises a high strength continuous fiber and a matrix resin, and the surface member comprises a polypropylene fiber. This fiber-reinforced plastic bar does not undergo degrad... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5592806 | Non-wrapped non-sleeving compact cord A steel cord (10) adapted for the reinforcement of elastomeric articles including a center structure of one to five center filaments (16) and a maximum of two layers of layer filaments surrounding said center structure: an outer layer of outer layer filam... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5436076 | Composite cord for reinforcing rubber The present invention relates to a composite cord for reinforcing rubber comprising an organic chemical fiber cord and a high-carbon steel fine wire used by being buried in the rubber, for reinforcing rubber products such as various kinds of tires and con... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5288270 | Flexible shaft having element wire groups and lubricant therebetween A flexible shaft has an inner shaft with a steel core wire and element wire groups which are formed by closely adhering a plurality of steel element wires into band shapes wound around the steel core wire by turns in reverse directions relative to each ot... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5175989 | Apparatus for avoiding torque build-ups in deploying ocean cable A device is described which prevents, during deployment of an ocean cable system, torque build-up in a heavy armor cable section from being abruptly applied to a next-connected light armor cable section. A set of helically-wound steel armor rods rigidly a... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5173982 | Corrosion protection system A corrosion protection system for bridge stay cables comprising the immersion of the bridge stay cables in a corrosive resistant liquid retained within a corresponding cable sheath to isolate the bridge stay cables from the surrounding atmosphere, a liqui... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5061557 | Reinforced composite structure One or more plies of reinforced elastomer, particularly two plies (10),(12) of rubber reinforced with twisted filament metallic cords (14) and more particularly a tire belt made up of the two plies (10),(12) is disclosed having cords (14) of 2x.30HT const... | 10/29/1991 |
| 4956039 | Method of manufacturing a cable-like plastic composite body A cable-like synthetic composite body which can be used as a support element for technical cables comprises a string of endless filaments of high modulus of elasticity which extend parallel to one another and to the cable axis, with the string being impre... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4870814 | Process for manufacturing corrosion resistant cable A process is disclosed for manufacturing corrosion resistant cable. In the process, a corrosion resistant, organic based, alkyl silicate-zinc coating solution is applied to wire as the wire is twisted into cable. The solution dries on the wire in air, lea... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4856414 | Viscoelastoplastic-sealant packed flexible power transmission cable for hydraulic actuator A method of packing elongated porous bodies moved between zones of different pressure, wherein the porous body (T) reciprocates through a pressurized packing agent (M). The packing agent is thixotropic and is supplied continuously to the porous cable (T) ... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4849282 | Prestressing steel material An elongated prestressing steel material for use in the fabrication of prestressed concrete comprises a steel member and an outer coat of many microcapsules each containing a flowable material in its interior.... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4813221 | Flexible tension members A flexible tension member for structural applications comprises twenty or more high strength rods (R) bundled helically with a lay length 20 to 150 times overall diameter, the rod (R) upon introduction being substantially free from curvature resulting in ... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4776161 | Unbonded PC steel strand An unbonded PC steel strand used for posttensioning concrete comprising a PC steel strand composed of a plurality of stranded wires, a thin transparent lacquer coating on the outer surface of the PC steel strand, the lacquer coating being able to be broke... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4756151 | Assembly of reinforcement cords for plastic and/or rubber materials having a core and article reinforced thereby A reinforcement assembly to be impregnated with a plastic or rubber material for reinforcing an article, such as a pneumatic tire, the assembly having three layers of cords: a core layer, an intermediate layer and an outer layer. The intermediate layer an... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4667462 | Plastic filled wire rope A method is provided for making a plastic-filled wire rope by preheating a lubricated wire rope to a temperature close to the melting point of the plastic material with which the rope is to be filled, and then injecting the plastic material in molten stat... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4661387 | Steel materials for use with prestressed concrete A prestressing steel material for use with concrete that is prestressed by posttensioning is disclosed. Said steel material is unbonded from the concrete. The prestressing steel material is composed of a steel member sheathed with a foamed synthetic resin... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4651513 | Layered steel cord A steel cord for reinforcing rubber products such as truck tires comprises a plurality of steel wires twisted together to form a multiwire layered cable construction having two or more successive wire layers around a common core. The wires of the outer la... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4606183 | Lubricated and thermoplastic impregnated wire rope A wire rope including a core surrounded with a plurality of wound strands. The rope is encapsulated with a thermoplastic after the application of a lubricant blend including amorphous polypropylene.... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4602476 | Plastic filled wire rope with strand spacer A wire rope is provided having a central core strand about which are wound outer strands. Non-linear spacer wires are present in the gaps between outer strands to assure the uniformity of such gaps and provide passageways from the interior to the exterior... | 07/29/1986 |
| 4550559 | Cables and process for forming cables A cable comprises at least one layer of strands (10) with each strand covered with an individual sheath (20) of rubber or plastics material. The sheaths are so shaped (16, 17, 18) that the sheaths of adjacent strands interlock. This provides a layer in wh... | 11/05/1985 |
| 4534162 | Plastic encapsulated wire rope A wire rope is provided having a central core strand about which are wound outer strands. Spacer strands are present in the gaps between such core strand and outer strands to assume the uniformity of such gaps. A coating, usually of a suitable thermoplast... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4490969 | Plastic encapsulated wire rope The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a thermoplastic encapsulated wire rope. Such thermoplastic encapsulated wire rope is quenched in a lubricant bath or spray to fill any openings in the thermoplastic with lubricant. The wire rope so ... | 01/01/1985 |
