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US 2019/0176782 A1Published application
Emergency Break Cable Tension Adjustment Devices and Methods
AssigneeRapidan River Industries, LLC
InventorDavid Lewis Quinn
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Abstract
Methods and devices for tensioning a cable are disclosed. The device comprises a nut having two open ends, two bolts, each bolt having a central bore and adapted to mate with one open end of the nut, and two cable securement devices. The cable securement devices are smaller than an inner diameter of the nut and larger than a diameter of the central bores of the bolts.
Claims14
A device for tensioning a cable, comprising:
- a nut having two open ends;
- two bolts, each bolt having a central bore and adapted to mate with one open end of the nut;
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- two cable securement devices;
- wherein the cable securement devices are smaller than an inner diameter of the nut and larger than a diameter of the central bores of the bolts.
2 more elements
A method of tensioning a cable with two free ends, comprising the steps of:
- threading each free end through a bolt having a borehole;
- securing each free end of the cable to the bolt with a cable securement device;
- inserting both bolts into a single nut, wherein as the bolts a tightened, the free ends of the cable are drawn together, thereby tensioning the cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.