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US 5,857,712 AGranted
Cable damping device
AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorSeinosuke Kato
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AssigneeSumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
InventorSeinosuke Kato
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A vibration dumping device for cables used in a diagonal stress bridge is disclosed. The dumping device includes an anchor pipe 5, an anchor flange 7, and a cable flange 9. The anchor flange 7 is secured to the anchor pipe 5, while the cable flange 9 is secured to the cable 6 in an encircling relationship. The dumping device also includes an aligning flange 8. The aligning flange 8 includes mounting portions (slotted holes) 8c which permits the aligning flange 8 to be mounted on the anchor flange 7 in an eccentric relationship therewith. The aligning flange 8 also includes mounting seats (stud bolts) 8b for visco-elastic bodies 11. The aligning flange 8 is mounted on the anchor flange 7, with the center defined by the mounting seats 8b for the visco-elastic bodies being aligned with the longitudinal center of the cable 6. The visco-elastic bodies 11 are clampedly mounted between the aligning flange 8 and the cable flange 9.
A cable damping device including an anchor pipe housing therein a fixed end of a cable, an anchor flange disposed at a free end of the anchor pipe for encircling the cable in a non-contact relationship therewith, a cable flange attached to the cable, and a plurality of visco-elastic bodies mounted between the anchor flange and the cable flange, characterized in that said cable damping device comprises:
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