US 11,826,815 B1 · Highway divider cable tensioning apparatus

Abstract

A tensioning apparatus for pulling together respective ends of a previously severed high-tension cable and, thus, repairing and restoring tension upon a unified cable includes a base member defining a pair of guide channels spaced apart along a common longitudinal axis. The tensioning apparatus includes a pair of tensioning arms positioned in the pair of guide channels, respectively, that is slidably movable between a relaxed configuration displaced from one another and a tensioned configuration proximate one another. Each tensioning arm includes a gripper member configured to clamp onto the respective ends of the severed cable. Hydraulic or pneumatic power is operatively coupled to the pair of tensioning arms for selectively actuating movement of the pair of tensioning arms along the guide channels between the relaxed and tensioned configurations. In other words, the ends of the severed cable are pulled tightly toward one another and joined together under tension.

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Dependent claims

A tensioning apparatus for pulling respective ends of a severed high-tension highway divider cable toward one another, comprising:

a base member defining a pair of guide channels;
a pair of tensioning arms positioned in said pair of guide channels, respectively, and slidably movable between a relaxed configuration displaced from one another and a tensioned configuration proximate one another,
each tensioning arm having a gripper member configured to clamp onto the respective ends of the severed high-tension highway divider cable;
and
a fluid compression assembly operatively coupled to said pair of tensioning arms and that is configured to selectively actuate movement of said pair of tensioning arms along said pair of guide channels between said relaxed and tensioned configurations.

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A tensioning apparatus for imparting tension upon a previously severed high-tension highway divider cable, comprising:

a rail having a first end and a second end opposite said first end, said rail defining a first guide channel proximate said first end and a second guide channel proximate said second end, said first and second guide channels being displaced from one another along a common longitudinal axis;
a pair of tensioning arms in communication with said first and second guide channels, respectively, and slidably movable between a relaxed configuration a maximum distance from one another and a tensioned configuration a minimum distance from one another,
each tensioning arm having a gripper member configured to receive severed ends of the severed high-tension highway divider cable, respectively;
and
a fluid compression assembly operatively coupled to said pair of tensioning arms and that is configured to selectively actuate movement of said pair of tensioning arms along said first and second guide channels, respectively, between said relaxed and tensioned configurations.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Highway divider cable tensioning apparatus

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Highway divider cable tensioning apparatus

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Abstract

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