US1311141A - Babble fob - Google Patents

Description

F. J. VAN COT-T.

SADDLE FOR ANCHORING GABLES FOB SILOS AND THE LIKE.

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FRANK J'. VAN COTT, OF UN'ADILLA, NEW YORK.

SADDLE FOR ANCHO-RING CABLES FOR SILOS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 22, 1919.

Original application filed July 31, 1916, Serial No. 112,431. Divided and this application filed October 3, 1917. Serial No. 194,631.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK J. VAN Co'r'r, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Unadilla, in the county of Otsego and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Saddle for Anchoring Cables for Silos and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a saddle for anchoring cables for silos and the like, of simple, durable and inexpensive construction, as shown in my application for patent on a silo, Serial Number 112,431, filed July 31, 1916, from which application the invention claimed herein has been divided.

A further object is to provide such a saddle adapted to be used in connection with a fixed anchoring rod having a screw-threaded end, said saddle being provided with an opening to receive said rod.

Still a further object is to provide such a saddle having suitable channels or grooves for receiving an intermediate portion of a cable, said channels or grooves being so arranged as to cause the cable to bind when drawn taut.

Still a further object is to provide such a saddle having a member adapted to be bent over a portion of the cable for firmly looking the cable in position.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the construction, ar rangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a side elevation of a portion of a silo having an anchoring device including a saddle embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the saddle.

Fig. 3 shows a top or plan view of the same, and

Fig. 4 shows a rear elevation of the sad dle, viewed from the silo.

In the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate generally the portion of a silo shown. The

silo is surrounded by spaced hoops 11. I

have shown an anchoring cable 12 secured at its ends by means of clamps 13, such for instance, as those described in my co-pending application filed Oct. 3, 1917, Serial Number 194,630.

threaded at 15. Mounted 011 the upper end of the rod is a saddle comprising a central body portion 16, through which extends a curved opening 17 receiving the rod 14. The body portion 16 of the saddle has lateral extensions l8, which are preferably curved slightly inwardly toward the silo when the saddle is installed, as illustrated particularly in Figs. 1 and 3, and are provided on their sides and lower surfaces with grooves 19.

Extending downwardly and outwardly from the central portion of the body 16 is a flange or keeper 20, between which and the body 16 is formed a groove 21, which registers with the ends of the grooves 19. The saddle is mounted 011 the upper end of the rod 14, and a cable 12 is extended around the saddle to rest in the grooves 19 and 21, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The nut 22 may then be screwed downwardly on the rod 14 until the cable is drawn taut.

The flange 20 is made of annealed or other suitable material, so that it may be struck with a hammer or the like and bent over the cable for firmly gripping the cable. It will be noted that when the saddle is installed, the grooves 19 and 21 are so shaped and arranged with relation to each other that the cable extends from the top of the saddle downwardly and then outwardly, and is not quite curved in a true circle, so that this would prevent sliding of the cable on the saddle except under great strain.

I thus accomplish the purpose of firmly securing the cable at a point between its ends to the saddle without danger of slippage, except under extraordinary circumstances where some slippage is desirable. Such slippage may be prevented under any circumstances by bending over the flange 20 in the manner hereinbefore mentioned.

The saddle isadjustable on the rod 14 by means of the adjustment of the nut 22, and by such adjustment the cable can be drawn taut after having been loosely fixed in position.

This avoids the use of turn-buckles and the like for tightening the cable, and has the effect of tightening two cables at once,

insomuch as the ends of: the cable may be fastened to the silo at different points on the silo wall thereof.

It is my intention to cover by this application any use of mechanical equivalents or modified forms of structure which may be reasonably included within the scope of the claims of the patent to be issued thereon.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of fixed rod having a screwthreaded end, and a nut on said end, with a saddle comprising a central body portion having an opening extending through it for receiving said rod, said saddle having laterally extending portions provided at their sides and lower surfaces with grooves, said body having a groove in its lower portion registering with the lower ends of said first grooves, said grooves forming a continuous groove to receive a cable extending from the lower forward portion of the saddle upwardly and rearwardly.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a fixed rod, with a saddle, comprising a central body portion having an opening extending through it for receiving said rod, means for limiting the 3-;1.

movement of said saddle on said rod in one direction, said saddle having a laterally extended portion provided with substantially opposite guide means adapted to receive anchoring members.

3. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a fixed rod, With a saddle, comprlslng a central body portlon having an opening extendlng through it for receiving said rod, means for limiting the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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