Choker straightener
OwnerClark V. Spencer, Benjamin G. Rondeauinventors
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Abstract
A straightener for bent and kinking wire rope, including log chokers and like cables, has a base member divided into a pair of mounting surfaces disposed at an acute angle with respect to one another. On one of the mounting surfaces of the base member is arranged two laterally spaced, longitudinally extending cable support members provided with opposed recesses for receiving a length of cable, with the bent portion of the cable being placed between the support members. A lever actuated by a power assembly mounted on the other of the mounting surfaces of the base member swings between the support members to straighten the bent portion of the cable, and the like.
Claims9
A choker straightener, comprising, in combination:
- a. a base member;
- b. two laterally spaced cable support members arranged on the base member for supporting a bent portion of cable between the support members;
- c. lever means pivotally mounted on the base member for movement toward and intermediate of the cable support members and selectively engaging a bent portion of cable intermediate the associated cable support members and straightening the bent portion;
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- d. power means mounted on the base member and connected to the lever means for moving the lever means relative to the cable support members, the base member including a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface disposed at an obtuse angle with respect to the first mounting surface, the cable support members being mounted on the first mounting surface and the power means including a linear fluid motor mounted on the second support surface, with the lever means extending longitudinally and mounted on the first mounting surface adjacent to and extending longitudinally away from the second mounting surface and connected to the fluid motor.
A choker straightener, comprising, in combination:
- a. a base member;
- b. two laterally spaced cable support members arranged on the base member for supporting a bent portion of cable between the support members;
- c. lever means pivotally mounted on the base member for movement toward and intermediate of the cable support members and selectively engaging a bent portion of cable intermediate the associated cable support members and straightening the bent portion;
- d. power means mounted on the base member and connected to the lever means for moving the lever means relative to the cable support members;
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- e. anvil means slidably disposed between the cable support members for permitting the combination to selectively form a cable splicing vise, the anvil means being provided with a channel matching the recesses provided in the cable support members.
A cable straightener and splicing vise, comprising, in combination:
- a. a base member;
- b. two laterally spaced cable support members arranged on the base member for supporting a bent portion of cable between the support members;
- c. lever means pivotally mounted on the base member for movement toward and intermediate of the cable support members and selectively engaging the bent portion of cable intermediate the associated cable support members and straightening the bent portion of the cable;
- d. power means mounted on the base member and connected to the lever means for moving the lever means relative to the cable support members;
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- e. anvil means slidably disposed between the cable support members for permitting the combination to function as a cable splicing vise.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.