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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7272921 | Wire rope with galvanized outer wires A wire rope which has an independent wire rope core (IWRC) and outer strands laid around the core. This wire rope has an improved fatigue life when the outer wires of the core and of the outer strands are galvanized. The wire rope may be either fully or partially im... | 09/25/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7108247 | Method and apparatus for lifting and/or conveying The invention relates to a method of operation of and apparatus for a lifting and/or conveying device (1), such as a crane, that comprises at least one cable (2) capable of being rolled (wound) onto or off a dispenser roll (3). To lengthen the s... | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6971415 | Rotational grip twist machine and method for fabricating bulges of twisted wire electrical connectors Bulges in a wire having helically coiled strands are formed by untwisting the strands in an anti-helical direction at a predetermined position, to form an electrical connector from a length of the stranded wire. The wire is gripped by moving two spaced apart clamp m... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6640533 | Wire rope lubrication A wire rope 10 includes a plurality of strands 12. The strands are formed from individual wires or filaments 14. The strands are wound about a central axis. A conduit 16 also extends along said central axis. The conduit 16 has walls that are permeable to ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6418704 | Wire rope lubrication A wire rope (10) includes a plurality of strands (12). The strands are formed from individual wires or filaments (14). The strands are wound about a central axis. A conduit (16) also extends along said central axis. The conduit has walls that are foramino... | 07/16/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6381940 | Multi-component yarn and method of making the same A cut-resistant combined yarn is described that includes a wire component. Kinking and knotting of the wire component resulting from stretching of the wire component during knitting is avoided by encasing the wire component within a cut resistant combined... | 05/07/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6327841 | Wire rope lubrication A wire rope 10 includes a plurality of strands 12. The strands are formed from individual wires or filaments 14. The strands are wound about a central axis. A conduit 16 also extends along said central axis. The conduit 16 has walls that are permeable to ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6295799 | Tension member for an elevator A tension member for an elevator system has an aspect ratio of greater than one, where aspect ratio is defined as the ratio of tension member width w to thickness t (w/t). The increase in aspect ratio results in a reduction in the maximum rope pressure an... | 10/02/2001 |
| 5683642 | PC strand coated with rust inhibitor and method for producing the same A PC strand is formed by twisting peripheral wires made of deformed PC steel wires around a core, and allowing rust inhibitive material of thermoplastic resin to permeate into voids defined among the core and peripheral wires by use of an extruder. Since ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5362326 | Apparatus for forming corrosion protection coatings on prestressing strand Disclosed is a method of forming corrosion protection coatings on prestressing strands. It comprises the steps of untwisting sequential lengths of a prestressing strand; keeping the surrounding steel wires apart from the core steel wire to coat these stee... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5323596 | Open metallic cord for penetration by elastomer Metallic cord for reinforcing elastomeric articles and apparatus for making same including a round section and equal diameter filaments and a core (11) of two strands of two filaments (5,6,15,16) one strand being untwisted and the other strand having a tw... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5263307 | Corrosion resistant PC steel stranded cable and process of and apparatus for producing the same A corrosion resistant PC steel stranded cable for a pretensioning method has a core wire and a plurality of side which are coated firmly for the corrosion proof with paint of a synthetic resin material while maintaining a stabilized stranded condition. Th... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5147721 | Ceramic reinforced glass matrix A glass matrix/ceramic fiber reinforcement composite is prepared from a yarn formed by spinning glass fiber and ceramic fibers lengths together, to form a bicomponent yarn. The yarn is weavable and spinnable, and accordingly may be prepared in fabric form... | 09/15/1992 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4716673 | Gun barrel cleaner and container therefor A gun barrel cleaner comprises an elongated flexible shaft having a universal coupling secured to each opposite end and several different cleaning tips selectively threadably and detachably engageable with either universal coupling. One cleaning tip, a gu... | 01/05/1988 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4635432 | Method for impregnating and coating wire rope The present invention relates to a method of continuously impregnating and encapsulating a wire rope with a liquid polymer formed from at least two reactive components which when mixed and heated together react chemically to form the polymer. In accordanc... | 01/13/1987 |
| 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 |
| 4563870 | Lubricated wire rope A wire rope having extraordinary resistance to wear comprises a core strand and a plurality of outer strands oriented and nested in the same helical lay as the core strand, all the wires thereof being made of a molybdenum-containing steel and having been ... | 01/14/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4501115 | Traction type elevator system A wire rope for use in a traction type elevator system is coated with a soft-solid agent or a greasy agent having a drip temperature higher than 55° C. and exhibiting physical properties such that it is evaporated in an amount less than 1 weight percent ... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4487010 | Multi-layer, parallel lay, coreless wire rope The present invention provides a wire rope comprising an inner layer of at least four separate wire strands and an outer layer of at least eight separate wire strands, parallel laid. The strands themselves are usually of parallel lay and are usually lubri... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4463219 | Compound cable The invention relates to a compound cable, such as an aluminum cable, an aluminum alloy cable, aluminum cable steel reinforced or an aluminum alloy cable steel reinforced with reduced audible noise for use in a high voltage transmission line. The surface ... | 07/31/1984 |
| 4422286 | Fiber reinforced plastic impregnated wire rope Reinforced thermoplastic impregnated lubricated wire ropes are provided in the present invention. A method of reinforcing and filling the thermoplastic material with fibers, mineral fillers and powders is also provided.... | 12/27/1983 |
| 4344278 | Lubricated wire rope A wire rope formed of a plurality of strands of wire rope elements wound around a core, and incorporating a lubricant which comprises a microporous polymeric lubricating medium.... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4315099 | Flexible transmission line for a fluid and for electric signals Flexible transmission line, wherein it comprises a fluid circulation duct and reinforcements inside and outside the said duct against compressive forces inside and outside the duct, the internal reinforcement comprising at least one cable within said duct... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4270341 | Method of making a shape-stranded rope The disclosed method of making a shape-stranded rope includes twisting large wires into strands by twining them in at least one layer about a core with a sheathing of a soft deformable material, plastic drawing of the strands, forming the strands into a s... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4266396 | Improvements in and relating to ropes PCT No. PCT/GB78/00019 Sec. 371 Date June 5, 1979 Sec. 102(e) date June 1, 1979 PCT Filed Oct. 3, 1978 PCT Pub. No. W079/00182 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 19, 1979 The invention relates to wire ropes. There is disclosed a wire rope comprising a plurality of strands (4-... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4197695 | Method of making sealed wire rope A corrosion resistant rope in which the individual strands are sealed with a plastic foam impregnant and surrounded with a dense unfoamed plastic material is made by applying a foamable plastic to the individual wires of a series of wire strands, or, alte... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4196307 | Marine umbilical cable A unitized marine umbilical cable carrying any number or combination of conventional elements such as hoses and electrical cables. A center stress member disposed along the axis of the marine umbilical cable is capable of supporting an underwater device s... | 04/01/1980 |
