Abstract: A reusable end finishing apparatus for rope, cord, wire, cable and the like is provided. The end finishing apparatus has an outer rigid sleeve, an inner compressible barbed gripping member which engages the end to be finished, and an eyebolt which has a threaded rod which extends through holes in both the compressible gripping member and the outer rigid sleeve. In assembly for use, the termination of the device to be finished is threaded through the eyebolt and doubled back. The eyebolt is then placed in the compressible gripping member with grooves in the gripping member provided for the eyebolt eye. The threaded rod end of the eyebolt is moved through a hole in the compressible gripping member until the eye of the eyebolt bottoms in the gripping member.

Abstract: A reusable end finishing apparatus for rope, cord, wire, cable, poles, rods and the like is provided. The end finishing apparatus has an outer rigid sleeve and an inner compressible barbed gripping member which engages the end to be finished. The inner compressible gripping member is advanced into and compressed by the outer sleeve via a threaded rod and nut arrangement where the threaded rod is attached to the end of the gripping member and extends through the outer rigid sleeve.

Abstract: The caster wheel, mounted hamper of the present invention is adapted to be used with detachable canvas liners and the like, for example for use in postal service. The invention includes detachable ring and side support sections which, when assembled, are firmly and securely mounted on a wheeled assembly to provide a stable hamper frame for detachable engagement with a canvas liner or the like. Assembly and disassembly can be accomplished quickly and easily and the disassembled unit can be conveniently stored, shipped and/or repaired.