Ferrule Retention
AssigneeBekaert Wire Ropes Pty Ltd
InventorsAndrew Morgan, Wilfred de Sain, Hong Hui Sng
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Abstract
A locking assembly and a socket configured with the locking assembly, wherein the locking assembly is for axially locking a ferrule in a socket. The locking assembly has a block that is able to be positioned and secured in the socket adjacent to the opposing end of the ferrule. The locking block may be a drop-in locking block with a major face that abuts an end of the ferrule to secure it in the socket. The locking block may also have one of a trapezoidal prism, an elongate cam element, or transversely sliding block parts, each of which can abut an end of the ferrule to secure it in the socket.
Claims19
A dragline socket locking assembly for locking a dragline ferrule attached to an end of a wire rope in a dragline socket into which the ferrule can be received in use, the locking assembly comprising a drop in locking block that is positioned and received in the socket adjacent to a distal end of the ferrule, the locking block comprising a major face which, when the locking block is received in the socket in use, faces the end of the ferrule to secure it in the socket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.