Steel cable adjustment terminal and method for using same

A steel wire rope adjuster terminal comprising:

• a main fixed enclosure configured to house within the enclosure, an internal cam with outer grooves along with space to form a channel between the internal cam and main fixed enclosure to allow a steel wire rope to be inserted therein and for the cam to move with the steel wire rope;
• a lid shaped to cover an entire exposed side of the main fixed enclosure, an entire exposed side of the internal cam, and a steel wire rope inserted in the channel therebetween;
• a plurality of bores on the main fixed enclosure and on the lid that coincide when the lid covers the main fixed enclosure and the internal cam;
• said plurality of bores housing a plurality of screws;
• and said plurality of bores on the main fixed enclosure being threaded;
• a main bore that is larger than the plurality of bores on both the main fixed enclosure and the lid, which also coincide;
• said bore being configured to house a bolt of a clevis commonly used in rigging systems;
• a pin for securing the lid to the main fixed enclosure and through an axis of rotation of the internal cam;
• and
• a captive screw functioning as a complementary locking system, disposed in a bore of the main fixed enclosure, said bore located on an outside surface of the fixed enclosure that is adjacent to an exit of the channel between the internal cam and the main fixed enclosure on a side of the main fixed enclosure that does not bear a load,
• wherein when a load is lifted on the steel wire rope inserted between the internal cam with outer grooves and the main fixed enclosure, a small rotation from the lift traps the steel wire rope on the main fixed enclosure and insertion of the captive screw locks the steel wire rope in place.