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US 2003/0115723 A1Published application
Releasable cable grip
OwnerAlan B. Shueyinventor
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Abstract
A releasable cable grip for locking a cable within a housing is provided. Levers which extend through slots in the housing are fixed to spring biased wedges that force the cables within the cable grip against bores within the housing to lock the cables relative to the housing. By moving the levers outside the housing against the force of the springs biasing the wedges, the cables may be released relative to the housing.
Claims18
A releasable cable grip for locking a cable within a housing comprising:
- a housing having a bore therethrough to receive said cable;
- wedge means positioned within said housing and spring-loaded to bias said wedge means against said cable within said bore to wedge said cable against said bore and thereby grip said cable;
- a release lever fixed to said wedge means and extending through a slot in said housing whereby said lever may be utilized to move said wedge means away from said cable to release said cable and permit movement of said cable relative to said bore.
In a releasable cable grip connector for a cable comprising:
- a body having through passage means adapted to receive a pair of oppositely directed cable end segments;
- a channel within said body disposed to one side of one of said through passage means and acutely inclined to and, at its inner end, breaking into said through passage means;
- wedge means within said channel adapted upon attempted withdrawal of said cable end segment from said through passage means to urge said cable end segment forcibly against said through passage means and thus secure said cable end segment firmly in said releasable cable grip connector;
- the improvement comprising:
- a slot in said body extending parallel to said channel and communicating with said channel;
- a release lever fixed to said wedge means and extending through said slot to the outside of said body whereby said release lever may be utilized to move said wedge means away from said cable end segment to release said cable end segment and permit movement of said cable end segment relative to said through passage means.
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A releasable cable grip connector for locking a cable segment within a housing comprising:
- a housing having a first bore therethrough to receive a first cable segment and a second bore therethrough parallel to said first bore to receive a second cable segment;
- a channel within said body disposed to one side of said first bore and acutely inclined to and, at its inner end, breaking into said first bore;
- wedge means positioned within said housing in said channel and spring loaded to bias said wedge means against said cable segment within said first bore to wedge said cable segment against said first bore and thereby grip said cable segment;
- a slot in said housing extending parallel to said channel and communicating with said channel;
- a release lever fixed to said wedge means and extending through said slot to the outside of said housing whereby said release lever may be utilized to move said wedge means away from said cable segment and permit movement of said cable segment relative to said first bore.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.