GB780794A - Lifting sling composed of steel cables - Google Patents

Abstract

780,794. Wire rope slings. MEISEN, H. Dec. 20, 1955, No. 36540/55. Class 78 (4). A lifting sling comprises a number of steel cables 1, Fig. 2, joined by connecting members 2, each enclosing two or more cables, the sling having lifting shackles 5 at each end. In the construction of Figs. 2 and 3, the connecting members 2, which may be of steel or of rubber or like material, and may be of oval or rectangular section as indicated in full and broken lines in Fig. 3, each hold two cables 1 and are split, as at 14, for easy removal. The members 2 are arranged in contact in rows across the sling, each row being offset with respect to and in contact with the adjacent rows. The exposed parts of the cables on the outside of the sling may be protected by sleeves 2a. Alternatively the members 2 may be of tubular hose and in a further example adjacent connecting members and rows of members are not in contact ; in such a construction the exposed cables are preferably covered by sleeves of plastic material. In the construction of Fig. 7, the connecting members 11 each enclose all the cables which are held together in pairs by clamps 12. The shackles 5, Fig. 2, are connected to the cables 1 by a bolt 9 passing through eyelets 7 round which the ends 6 of the cables are held by aluminium seizings 8 die-pressed on to the cables.