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US 4,072,213 AGranted
Suspended cable apparatus
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorJohn K. Salmon
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Abstract
A suspended cable apparatus for damping the vibration in a cable includes a mechanism mounted a predetermined distance from the structure from which the cable is suspended. The mechanism includes a deflecting means which is movable and which deflects the cable. Cable vibration causes the deflecting means to move and to cause more motion in the cable at its point of engagement with the cable deflecting means than would occur in the absence of the deflecting means.
Claims12
A suspended cable apparatus for damping vibration of a cable suspended from a structure comprising:
- mounting means attached to said structure and extending a given distance from said structure along the length of said cable;
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- a mechanism mounted on said mounting means and including cable deflecting means engaging said cable, said cable deflecting means when located in a predetermined position deflecting said cable from the longitudinal path in which it would be suspended in the absence of said cable deflecting means, said cable deflecting means being movable in response to cable vibration and controlling the portion of said cable at its location of engagement with said cable deflecting means to move in response to predetermined cable vibration with more motion than said portion would move in the absence of said cable deflecting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.