Jamming cleat for releasably holding ropes cords, cables and similar elongate articles
OwnerReginald John Emeryinventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a jamming cleat for quickly securing the end of a rope, cable or cord. Such a cleat is disclosed in my U.S. Pat. No. 3,574,900. In that known device one end of a cord is held between the walls of a V-shaped groove and the walls are formed with ridges sloping in such a way that the greater the load on the cord the more securely is the cord held in the groove. In the present invention means are provided whereby the cord may be passed around an object and then both ends secured in the cleat. For this purpose the cleat is formed with a fairlead serving to hold the cord in a position such that one end can be engaged in the V-groove with greater certainty and also with an anchorage for the other end of the cord.
Claims9
A jamming cleat for securing both ends of a cord, comprising a body having a head and a tail, a pair of walls integral with the body and extending away therefrom at a V-angle of between 8.degree. and 20.degree. to form a groove for reception of the cord, which groove extends in the direction from the head to the tail and internally terminates in a longitudinal trough at the apex of the V-angle, and which trough extends from the head to the tail, there being formed on each wall at least one ridge which extends from the trough of the groove, towards the head, at an angle of between 20.degree. and 50.degree. with respect to the trough, an anchorage on the body for one end of the cord and, formed on the body at a position separated by the body from the anchorage and adjacent both the tail and the corresponding portion of the trough of the groove thereat and communicating with the groove, a fairlead through which the other end of the cord may be passed for removable engagement in the groove.
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