Wire rope
AssigneeAsahi Intecc Co., Ltd.
InventorYu SHINOHARA
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Abstract
This wire rope is provided with a plurality of strands that are twisted with each other, and the plurality of strands each have a configuration in which a plurality of element wires are twisted with each other. The wire rope is further provided with a single wire that is disposed in a recess section formed on the outer peripheral side of the wire rope by two strands that are adjacent to each other along the peripheral direction of the wire rope. In a transverse cross-section of the wire rope, a portion of the single wire is positioned inside a virtual circumscribed circle of one of the two strands.
Claims13
A wire rope comprising:
- a plurality of strands that are twisted with each other, the plurality of strands each having a configuration in which a plurality of element wires are twisted with each other;
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- a single wire that is disposed in a recess section formed on an outer peripheral side of the twisted plurality of strands, the recess section being formed by two of the plurality of strands that are adjacent to each other along a peripheral direction of the wire rope;
- wherein in a first transverse cross-section of the wire rope, a first portion of the single wire is positioned inside a virtual circumscribed circle of one of the two strands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.