Custom fastened locking stopping covered wire rope clip system
OwnerTheodore James Thompsoninventor
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Abstract
A wire rope clip to clip strands of wire rope together includes a one piece U bolt including a pair of threaded members; a saddle including a pair of holes that receive the pair of threaded members of the U bolt to compress the strands of wire rope between the U bolt and the saddle; a pair of fasteners threadably engageable with the threaded members of the U bolt, wherein the U bolt and the saddle include respective stop engagement members that engage when the pair of threaded fasteners threadably engage the threaded members of the U bolt to a predetermined point, creating even pressure by both the one piece U bolt and the saddle on the wire rope clip and proper torque to the wire rope strands.
Claims19
A wire rope clip to clip strands of wire rope together, comprising:
- a one piece U bolt including a pair of threaded members;
- a saddle including a pair of holes that receive the pair of threaded members of the U bolt to compress the strands of wire rope between the U bolt and the saddle;
- a pair of fasteners threadably engageable with the threaded members of the U bolt,
- wherein the U bolt and the saddle include respective stop engagement members that engage when the pair of threaded fasteners threadably engage the threaded members of the U bolt to a predetermined point, creating even pressure by both the one piece U bolt and the saddle on the wire rope clip and proper torque to the wire rope strands, the stop engagement members of the U bolt being transitional portions of greater lateral outer dimension than the threaded members,
- wherein the saddle includes a pair of recesses that receive the pair of fasteners therein and the saddle includes opposite side walls with a pair of cutouts therein, both the cutouts and the threaded members being longitudinally and linearly aligned in the saddle, the cutouts allowing an installer to visually see the pair of fasteners within the pair of recesses, the pair of fasteners including a frustoconical exterior, and the pair of recessed cavities having a configuration that mates with the frustoconical exterior of the pair of fasteners.
A wire rope clip to clip strands of wire rope together, comprising:
- a one piece U bolt including a pair of threaded members;
- a saddle including a pair of holes that receive the pair of threaded members of the U bolt to compress the strands of wire rope between the U bolt and the saddle;
- a pair of fasteners threadably engageable with the threaded members of the U bolt,
- wherein the U bolt and the saddle include respective stop engagement members that engage when the pair of threaded fasteners threadably engage the threaded members of the U bolt to a predetermined point, creating even pressure by both the one piece U bolt and the saddle on the wire rope clip and proper torque to the wire rope strands, the stop engagement members of the U bolt being transitional portions of greater lateral outer dimension than the threaded members,
- wherein the saddle includes a pair of recessed cavities that receive the pair of fasteners therein, the pair of fasteners including a frustoconical exterior, and the pair of recessed cavities having a configuration that mates with the frustoconical exterior of the pair of fasteners.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.