US2128030A - Tightener for cables - Google Patents

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US2128030A
US2128030A US162371A US16237137A US2128030A US 2128030 A US2128030 A US 2128030A US 162371 A US162371 A US 162371A US 16237137 A US16237137 A US 16237137A US 2128030 A US2128030 A US 2128030A
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    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H17/00—Fencing, e.g. fences, enclosures, corrals
    • E04H17/02—Wire fencing, e.g. made of wire mesh
    • E04H17/127—Stretcher-type wire fencing; Tensioning devices for wire fencing
    • E04H17/131—Stretcher-type wire fencing; Tensioning devices for wire fencing the wire being tensioned by one or more springs
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16G—BELTS, CABLES, OR ROPES, PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR DRIVING PURPOSES; CHAINS; FITTINGS PREDOMINANTLY USED THEREFOR
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  • This invention relates to tighteners for cables and other flexible elements and has for the primary object the provision of an eflicient, durable and inexpensive device of this character which may be readily adapted to a cable or flexible element and an anchor therefor and will automatically tighten the cable and maintain the latter free of slack and will permit the cable to readily adjust itself for thepurpose of removing twists therein.
  • this invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.
  • Figure '2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view illustrating the tightener.
  • Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation partly in section illustrating the same.
  • Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation showing an insulator employed between the tightener and the cable..
  • the numeral l indicates a rigid tube'closed at each end by removable caps 2, one of which slidably receives a headed rod 3 and the other receives an anchoring rod 4, the head 5 of which engages angularly related faces of its respective cap to prevent rotationof the anchoring rod relative to the tube I.
  • the anchoring rod is screw threaded to receive thereon nuts 6 after said rod has been passed through a post or anchor I thereby rigidly securing the rod on the anchor.
  • the rod 3 has a head 8 located within the tube and forms a seat for one end of a coil spring 9, the other end of said spring bearing against the cap that supports the rod 3.
  • the normal action of the spring 9 is to draw the rod 3 inwardly of the tube.
  • the exposed and of the rod 3 has a slot Hithrough which a cable ll may be passed and secured therein by a wedge l2.
  • a pin I 3 is connected to one of the caps by a flex- '6 ible element l4 and may be passed through an opening I! in the rod 3 when desiring to secure the rod against movement under the action of the spring 9 with the latter fully compressed.
  • the pin i3 is applied to the rod 3 prior to connecting 10 the cable to the rod.
  • the cable is then connected to the rod with as much slack removed therefrom that can be easily accomplished by a pull on the cable.
  • the spring 15 9 acts to tighten the cable and maintain it free of slack.
  • An insulator l8 may be employed between the cable II and the rod 3 and consists of a clevis ll passing through the slot in the rod 3 and an in- 20 sulating block l8 pivoted to said clevis.
  • the insulating block has an opening to receive the cable and after passing the cable through the opening of the block said cable is twisted or otherwise fastened uponitself.
  • a cable tightener comprising a rigid tube, an anchor rod secured in one end of the tube against rotation relative thereto and adjustably secured to an anchor, a tension rod slidably received by said tube and having a slot, a head formed on the tension rod, a coil spring bearing against one end of the tube and against the head and acting to urge the tension rod towards the anchor and a pin for insertion in the slot and against one end of the tube to retain the tension rod positioned to fully tension the spring during the securing of a'cable to said tension rod and adapted to be removed to free said tension rod for movement under the influence of the fully tensioned spring 40 to tighten the cable and thereby remove slack therefrom.

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Aug. 23, 1938. J. J. KOLENO 2,128,030
TIGHTENER FOR GABLES Filed Sept. 3, 19s? I L 1. M mum/111,.
ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 23,1938
UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE IGiaim.
This invention relates to tighteners for cables and other flexible elements and has for the primary object the provision of an eflicient, durable and inexpensive device of this character which may be readily adapted to a cable or flexible element and an anchor therefor and will automatically tighten the cable and maintain the latter free of slack and will permit the cable to readily adjust itself for thepurpose of removing twists therein.
With these and other objects in view, this invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.
For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, tpartly in section,
showing a tightener constructed in accordance with my invention and showing the same installed on an anchor and connected with a cable.
Figure '2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view illustrating the tightener.
35 Figure 3 is a fragmentary side elevation partly in section illustrating the same.
Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation showing an insulator employed between the tightener and the cable..
Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral l indicates a rigid tube'closed at each end by removable caps 2, one of which slidably receives a headed rod 3 and the other receives an anchoring rod 4, the head 5 of which engages angularly related faces of its respective cap to prevent rotationof the anchoring rod relative to the tube I. The anchoring rod is screw threaded to receive thereon nuts 6 after said rod has been passed through a post or anchor I thereby rigidly securing the rod on the anchor. The rod 3 has a head 8 located within the tube and forms a seat for one end of a coil spring 9, the other end of said spring bearing against the cap that supports the rod 3.
The normal action of the spring 9 is to draw the rod 3 inwardly of the tube. The exposed and of the rod 3 has a slot Hithrough which a cable ll may be passed and secured therein by a wedge l2.
A pin I 3 is connected to one of the caps by a flex- '6 ible element l4 and may be passed through an opening I! in the rod 3 when desiring to secure the rod against movement under the action of the spring 9 with the latter fully compressed. The pin i3 is applied to the rod 3 prior to connecting 10 the cable to the rod. The cable is then connected to the rod with as much slack removed therefrom that can be easily accomplished by a pull on the cable. With the rod {secured to the anchor I and the pin I! removed from the rod 3, the spring 15 9 acts to tighten the cable and maintain it free of slack.
An insulator l8 may be employed between the cable II and the rod 3 and consists of a clevis ll passing through the slot in the rod 3 and an in- 20 sulating block l8 pivoted to said clevis. The insulating block has an opening to receive the cable and after passing the cable through the opening of the block said cable is twisted or otherwise fastened uponitself. I
What is claimed is:
A cable tightener comprising a rigid tube, an anchor rod secured in one end of the tube against rotation relative thereto and adjustably secured to an anchor, a tension rod slidably received by said tube and having a slot, a head formed on the tension rod, a coil spring bearing against one end of the tube and against the head and acting to urge the tension rod towards the anchor and a pin for insertion in the slot and against one end of the tube to retain the tension rod positioned to fully tension the spring during the securing of a'cable to said tension rod and adapted to be removed to free said tension rod for movement under the influence of the fully tensioned spring 40 to tighten the cable and thereby remove slack therefrom.
JOSEPH J. KOLENO.
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US2665128A (en) * 1951-12-21 1954-01-05 Ralph A Guffey Tension relief device for cables
US2696632A (en) * 1953-11-25 1954-12-14 Sarkissian Antranig Der Door closer and stopper
US2703907A (en) * 1954-07-19 1955-03-15 Newell Mfg Company Door closer
US2736398A (en) * 1949-09-14 1956-02-28 Preformed Line Products Co Guy wire construction
US2751602A (en) * 1952-05-13 1956-06-26 Edward D Wilkerson Bathtub support
US2772070A (en) * 1954-01-06 1956-11-27 John M Stevenson Wire stretcher
US2830808A (en) * 1957-05-09 1958-04-15 Graber Mfg Company Inc Pulley hold-down for traverse rods
US2837776A (en) * 1955-07-15 1958-06-10 United States Steel Corp Multiple-story building
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US3152668A (en) * 1961-02-23 1964-10-13 Reliable Electric Co Anchor arrangement for the pole end of a guy wire
US3402518A (en) * 1966-03-10 1968-09-24 Peter B. Lettunich Guy cable with means for adjusting tension
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US4115965A (en) * 1976-04-09 1978-09-26 Ira Thomas White Guy strain insulators
US4399890A (en) * 1981-05-20 1983-08-23 International Telephone And Telegraph Corporation Independently mounted fall prevention apparatus
US4955309A (en) * 1989-05-08 1990-09-11 International Nautical Supplies, Inc. Yieldable line assembly and in line shock absorber
US5297782A (en) * 1991-10-10 1994-03-29 The Chamberlain Group, Inc. Modular snubber apparatus
US5860365A (en) * 1997-03-17 1999-01-19 The Chamberlain Group, Inc. Tensioning device for flexible drive member
US6679480B1 (en) * 1999-08-24 2004-01-20 Joint Center Co., Ltd. Wire fastening device and wire extending structure using wire fastening devices
US20080196326A1 (en) * 2007-02-16 2008-08-21 Nationwide Industries, Inc. Cable cleat system
US20120234954A1 (en) * 2010-10-28 2012-09-20 Ken Pereira Rapid deploy guy system
US20130305637A1 (en) * 2011-01-24 2013-11-21 Di Gaetano Alberto Anchoring device for panel supporting structures
US8919051B1 (en) * 2013-12-02 2014-12-30 Abel Echemendia Tower with exterior cable support and a modular base
US20150155693A1 (en) * 2012-09-25 2015-06-04 Nhk Spring Co., Ltd. Overhead wire tension balancer
US9580925B2 (en) 2014-05-28 2017-02-28 Exel Composites Oyj Frangible guy wire of an airport mast
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US2441146A (en) * 1945-12-10 1948-05-11 Frank E Harrison Spring release mechanism
US2736398A (en) * 1949-09-14 1956-02-28 Preformed Line Products Co Guy wire construction
US2665128A (en) * 1951-12-21 1954-01-05 Ralph A Guffey Tension relief device for cables
US2751602A (en) * 1952-05-13 1956-06-26 Edward D Wilkerson Bathtub support
US2696632A (en) * 1953-11-25 1954-12-14 Sarkissian Antranig Der Door closer and stopper
US2772070A (en) * 1954-01-06 1956-11-27 John M Stevenson Wire stretcher
US2703907A (en) * 1954-07-19 1955-03-15 Newell Mfg Company Door closer
US2837776A (en) * 1955-07-15 1958-06-10 United States Steel Corp Multiple-story building
US2830808A (en) * 1957-05-09 1958-04-15 Graber Mfg Company Inc Pulley hold-down for traverse rods
US3036350A (en) * 1959-10-19 1962-05-29 Boeing Co Automatic cable tensioner
US3152668A (en) * 1961-02-23 1964-10-13 Reliable Electric Co Anchor arrangement for the pole end of a guy wire
US3069875A (en) * 1962-03-26 1962-12-25 Logan Gear Company Inc Quick-change universal drive shaft
US3402518A (en) * 1966-03-10 1968-09-24 Peter B. Lettunich Guy cable with means for adjusting tension
US3439898A (en) * 1968-01-29 1969-04-22 Gen Safety Inc Safety barrier and barrier fence
US4011694A (en) * 1975-11-28 1977-03-15 Formac International Inc. Method and apparatus for guying a load bearing member
US4115965A (en) * 1976-04-09 1978-09-26 Ira Thomas White Guy strain insulators
US4399890A (en) * 1981-05-20 1983-08-23 International Telephone And Telegraph Corporation Independently mounted fall prevention apparatus
US4955309A (en) * 1989-05-08 1990-09-11 International Nautical Supplies, Inc. Yieldable line assembly and in line shock absorber
US5297782A (en) * 1991-10-10 1994-03-29 The Chamberlain Group, Inc. Modular snubber apparatus
US5860365A (en) * 1997-03-17 1999-01-19 The Chamberlain Group, Inc. Tensioning device for flexible drive member
US6679480B1 (en) * 1999-08-24 2004-01-20 Joint Center Co., Ltd. Wire fastening device and wire extending structure using wire fastening devices
US20080196326A1 (en) * 2007-02-16 2008-08-21 Nationwide Industries, Inc. Cable cleat system
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US8931222B2 (en) * 2011-01-24 2015-01-13 Di Gaetano Alberto Anchoring device for panel supporting structures
US20130305637A1 (en) * 2011-01-24 2013-11-21 Di Gaetano Alberto Anchoring device for panel supporting structures
US20170138637A1 (en) * 2012-09-10 2017-05-18 Ahmed ADEL Holding device
US10634386B2 (en) * 2012-09-10 2020-04-28 Ahmed Adel Holding device
US9531178B2 (en) * 2012-09-25 2016-12-27 Nhk Spring Co., Ltd Overhead wire tension balancer
US20150155693A1 (en) * 2012-09-25 2015-06-04 Nhk Spring Co., Ltd. Overhead wire tension balancer
US8919051B1 (en) * 2013-12-02 2014-12-30 Abel Echemendia Tower with exterior cable support and a modular base
US9580925B2 (en) 2014-05-28 2017-02-28 Exel Composites Oyj Frangible guy wire of an airport mast
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