Rail cable tensioner
AssigneeBarrette Outdoor Living, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Michael Schneider, Christopher Heritage, Patrick Bertke, Ryan Burgess
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Abstract
A cable railing assembly having a plurality of posts, an expandable cable guide assembly, and a tensioning apparatus, and a method of assembling the cable railing assembly. The expandable cable guide assembly includes a pair of cable braces with a cable extending in a serpentine fashion between the cable braces. The tensioning apparatus includes a tensioner base, a tensioner body, a compression spring positioned between the tensioner base and the tensioner body, a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable, and a threaded adjuster secured to the body and operative for moving the movable carriage along the body.
Claims21
A cable tensioning apparatus for use with a cable-style railing of the type having a pair of upright posts and at least one cable extending between the upright posts, the cable tensioning apparatus comprising:
- a tensioner body to be positioned near an adjacent one of the upright posts;
- a movable carriage slidably mounted adjacent the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable;
- a threaded adjuster operative for moving the movable carriage away from the adjacent upright post;
- a base portion having a bore for receiving a portion of the compression spring and wherein the base portion is movably connected to a distal end of the tensioner body;
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- a compression spring positioned between the base portion and the tensioner body for biasing the tensioner body away from the base portion, and wherein the threaded adjuster can be operated to urge the movable carriage away from the base portion causing the tensioner body to be urged toward the base portion in opposition to the biasing of the tensioner body away from the base portion by the compression spring.
A cable tensioning apparatus for use with a cable-style railing of the type having a pair of upright posts and at least one cable extending between the upright posts, the cable tensioning apparatus comprising:
- a tensioner body to be positioned near an adjacent one of the upright posts;
- a movable carriage movably associated with the tensioner body and comprising a cable clamp for gripping the cable;
- an actuator operative for moving the movable carriage away from the adjacent upright post;
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- a compression spring positioned between the adjacent upright post and the tensioner body for biasing the tensioner body away from the upright post, and wherein the actuator can be operated to urge the movable carriage away from the adjacent upright post causing the tensioner body to be urged toward the adjacent upright post in opposition to the biasing of the tensioner body away from the upright post by the compression spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.