Press for splicing the ends of cables, ropes, and the like

A press for splicing the ends of cables and ropes, wherein the ends of said cables and ropes are turned over and a coupling locks the ends under pressure, which comprises a first base, an hydraulic cylinder positioned vertically and resting on said base, a frame mounted on the upper part of said cylinder, said frame comprising a plate providing a second base, said second base being fixed to said hydraulic cylinder, said cylinder having a piston with stem, said stem protruding through the second base, said frame comprising two U-shaped side plates extending upwardly from said second base and opposite one to the other, an upper plate disposed above said side plates, each of said side plates having a first opening, a loader inserted within said first openings, said loader consisting of two half-matrixes, means for holding said half-matrixes in reciprocal engagement during operation of the press, wherein said means are screws, each of said screws having a shank and a head, said shanks having an end, said ends being fixed in threaded second openings provided in the lower half-matrixes, said heads being seated into third openings provided in said upper matrixes, said shanks being guided into fourth openings provided in said upper half-matrixes, said fourth openings being smaller than said third openings, whereby a shoulder is formed for said heads of said screws between said third and said fourth openings, said half-matrixes having a plurality of notches of different diameters whereby when said half-matrixes are approached one to the other during operation of the press a plurality of shaped openings of different diameters is formed, the coupling is inserted into one of said shaped openings and the stem of said piston rises to cause the half-matrixes to close.