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US 4,062,520 AGranted
Wire rope binder
OwnerW. W. Patterson, III, Eugene F. Grapesinventors
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The specification discloses various embodiments of apparatus adapted to function as convertible wire rope load binders, container lashing or pullers. All embodiments utilize a wire rope clamp of the type which grips the wire rope on tensioning of the wire rope, and a threaded tubular extension coaxial with the rope pass line, in combination with a slack take-up device, which may be any of a variety of slack take-up devices threaded onto the tubular extension. A preferred embodiment employs a slack take-up device in the form of an over-center or toggle lever and a sheave device attached to the body of the clamp. Another embodiment employs a combined hook and clevis device having a screw connection to the body of the clamp. Another embodiment utilizes a winch device on the tensioning end of the wire rope to provide for tensioning the wire rope. Another embodiment employs a rectangular frame surrounding the body of the clamp, the frame having an opening through which a threaded tubular extension on the clamp body extends. A nut on the tubular extension cooperates with the frame to adjust the body of the clamp in relation to the frame.
A wire rope binder apparatus comprising a wire rope of given length, a clamp means adjustably positioned on said rope intermediate its ends, fastening means on one end of said rope, said clamp engaging the rope on movement toward said one end and releasing the rope on movement of the rope in the opposite direction, adjustable anchoring means on the clamp co-axial with the rope movable coaxially of the rope and on the end opposite said one end of said rope for fixing said clamp in a base member, said clamp being adjustably fixed on the said wire rope with respect to one end thereof, a hook adapted to cooperate with the said one end of the wire rope to form a closed loop, and slack take up means connecting said hook to the body of said clamp and operating to tighten the said loop, wherein said anchoring means is a threaded tubular extension through which the free end of said wire rope projects, and wherein said slack take-up means comprises a clevis with a closed end having a tapped hole by which said clevis screws on said tubular extension and, wherein said hook is pivotally mounted between the tines at the open end of the said clevis.
A wire rope binder apparatus comprising a wire rope of given length, a clamp adjustable on said wire rope to any position on its length with respect to one end thereof and having a threaded tubular extension, threaded substantially over its length, through which the other end of said wire rope coaxially projects, means for connecting said one end of the wire rope to an object, said clamp engaging said wire rope only when said wire rope is moved in a given direction, a frame means mounted independently of said clamp and having means at one end of said frame means for attachment to a second object spaced from said first object, said frame means having at the other end an opening through which the said tubular extension on the clamp extends, and nut means screwed on said threaded tubular extension adjustably bearing against said frame means for pulling said clamp relative to said frame means to apply a tensioning force to said one end of the wire rope.
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