US1591344A - Cable clamp - Google Patents

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l. M. REEVES.

CABLE CLAMP July 6, 1926.

Filed March 5, .19 26 I r rwentor ls atented 7 July 6, 19 26.

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-; cantricrm- 1 an mia.aa. aa5,;1ea s a-massi "M-yipresent inventionfhas to do with means for connecting, cables and the like; andjit contemplates "theprovis-ion of a simple, easily applied and efficient clamp, designed for use 'in' conjunction with a steel or rope cable for tractive and other purposes.

With the foregoing in-mind, the inven" tion in all'of its details will be fully understood from the following description and claim when the same are read in connec tion with the drawings, accompanying and forming part of. this specification, in which: 7 (Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating in use the best practical embodiment of my invention of which I' am aware. j r

Figure 2 is an edge elevation of the same. V Figure 3 is a cross-section taken in the plane indicated by the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a detail elevation, partly 1n section,showing the outer clamp jaw of the device.- V Similar numerals of reference designate the drawings. i

My novel clamp'is' preferably" formed of appropriate metal or metals, but manifestly itis within the purview of my invention to form the several parts of any material come patible with the purposes thereof.

Among other elements the clamp comprises a body shank 1' with an eye 2 at one end, said eye 2 being preferably, though not necessarily, interlocked with a link 3 for use in the connection of draft means, hoisting means or the like. A Pivotally connected at 4 to the body shank 1 and arranged at opposite sides thereof are swingable links 6, there being by preference three pairsof the said links. "j

The cable to be clamped is designatedby: 7, and is held'directly between the clampin jaws 7 and 8 of the device. the said jaws and 8 beingprovided in their opposed edges with channels 9, Figures 3 and 4 for the snug reception ofthe cable 7? and. also for'the purpose of increasing thejaw surfaces in engagement with said cable 7 It will be readily understood that the jaws 7 and 8 are located at one side of and insubstantial parallelism with the body shank 1, and that the jaw 7 is pivotally connected at 10 to and between the links 6, and that the jaw 8 is pivotall connected to the links 7 6, referably throug the medium of removbie pins 11. My. invention contemplates ure 1. corresponding parts in all of the views of tlietonnelction of ll' togoneiofthc links of, eachjpair' by" thongs, chain sections being made so that-when necessary the jaw 8' or the like, inflexible manner, this provision 1 maybe expeditiously and easily detached from the links 6 and may as readily be re placed in'the links 6 and jaw 8for the pivotal connection of the same. It will alsobe j noted from Figure 4that the jaw: 8 is providediwith' pairs of apertures '12, the japertures 12 at the rightbeing to, receive the pinsll when a cable of small diameter is The thongs or other flexible connections complementary to the pins 11 areshown in Figure 2 and are designated by 13, and I would also haveit' understood that when deemed expedient the pins 11 may be de- 8 by cotter pins llsuch as shown in Fig- It Will'be apparent from the foregoing tachablysecured in; the links 6 and the jaw] within the practical use of my novel clamp, i,

the clamp is susceptibleof being expeditiouslyfand easily applied to a cable, and when the shank body 1 is subjected to pull, the

jaws 7 and 8 will be strongly held under pressure against opposite sides of the cable.

7 with the result that the cable will be securely held to the clamp. It will also be manifest that there is no liability of my novel clamp cutting or catching aicable, and

this notwithstanding the fact that the cable "is held in the clamp 'in-such manner that there is no liability of thefcable slipping or being casually released. i l V .In addition to the .practicaladvantages ascribed to my novel clamp, it will be appreciated that the clamp is simple andcomp'act in construction and is calculated to withstand rough'handling, and none of the parts ofthe clamp are liable to be deteriorated by exposure to the weather. I i

'I have 'specificallydescribedthe construction and relative arrangement of the elements in the presentand preferred embodiment of my inventionin order to impart an exact understanding of said embodiment in all-of its details. -I do not desire, however,

to be understood as limiting myself tothe precise construction and relative] arrangement illustrated and described, my inventionbeing defined by my appended claim 7 within the scope of which changes in structure and in arrangement may be made jwitlr out departure from my invention.

Having described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters'Pat- 'ent, is I In a clamp for use in COIQUIICUQIIWIth a; cable and in combination, a body shank,

7 jaws arrangedat one side of the body shank andin substantial parallelism therewith and means being in the forin o f iinksfldisposed at opposite sides of the body shank and the jaws and pivotally connected to the same, and

the router being provided with pairs of apertures for the reception of pins for detachably connecting said jaw to the links,

and said pins being removable whereby the outer'jawfand the clamp as a whole may be adapted for the holding of c ables of different diameters;

; In testimony i vhereof I aflixj my signature.

1 I A MAY REE Es;

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