Abstract: A load binder or lashing tightener is provided made up of a first inner elongate sleeve member closed at one end, an anchor fitting on said closed end, a thread nut in the other end of said first sleeve, a second outer sleeve having one end adapted to telescope over the first inner sleeve, an anchor member on said second sleeve adjacent the other end, an elongate screw extending through the second sleeve, one end threadingly engaging the nut in said first sleeve, the other end rotatably fixed in the said other end of said second sleeve, a drive on said other end for rotating said screw whereby said second sleeve is caused to telescope over the first sleeve and the anchors on said sleeves are brought together and an anchor member at the said one end of said second sleeve adapted to receive the lashing to be tightened after the sleeves have been telescoped. The drive may be a hand knob protected by a spacer ring on the second sleeve.

Abstract: A load binder or lashing tightener is provided made up of a first inner elongate sleeve member closed at one end, an anchor fitting on said closed end, a thread nut in the other end of said first sleeve, a second outer sleeve having one end adapted to telescope over the first inner sleeve, anchor means on said second sleeve adjacent said one end, screw means extending through the second sleeve, one end threadingly engaging the nut in said first sleeve, the other end rotatably fixed in the said other end of said second sleeve and hand wheel drive means on said other end for rotating said screw whereby said second sleeve is caused to telescope over the first sleeve and the anchor means on said sleeves are brought together.

Abstract: A movable bulkhead or cargo restraint assembly is provided for cargo space such as a railway car, truck bed, boat hold or the like in the form of a plurality of spaced apart elongated strands fixed at one end to a confining wall of a cargo space, said strands being spaced apart around a cargo to be restrained, bulkhead device movable on said elongated strands lengthwise thereof to contact the cargo to be restrained, and a clamp device adjustable on each strand bearing against said bulkhead device engaging said strand to restrain said bulkhead against movement away from the cargo and releasing the strand on movement in the opposite direction whereby said clamp is adjusted to tightly hold the bulkhead device against said cargo.

Abstract: A load binder or lashing tightener is provided made up of a first inner elongate sleeve member closed at one end, an anchor fitting on said closed end, a thread nut in the other end of said first sleeve, a second outer sleeve having one end adapted to telescope over the first inner sleeve, anchor means on said second sleeve adjacent the other end, screw means extending through the second sleeve, one end threadingly engaging the nut in said first sleeve, the other end rotatably fixed in the said other end of said second sleeve and drive means on said other end for rotating said screw whereby said second sleeve is caused to telescope over the first sleeve and the anchor means on said sleeves are brought together.

Abstract: A connector for barges and the like is provided in the form of a threaded ratchet tube, a central ratchet drive for rotating said tube, an annular drive wheel surrounding and connected to said tube for rotating the same, separate right and left hand threaded screw members having one end threaded into said tube, fastening means on the other end of each said screw members and removable anchor means adapted to engage a surface over which the ratchet tube extends engaging one of said fastening means and holding said tube above said surface a distance greater than the radius of said annular drive wheel.

Abstract: A permanent rigging pedestal for barges and the like in the form of a base, a pair of spaced apart generally parallel vertical posts fixed at one end to the base, a gusset plate connecting the posts, a vertically extending coaxial pin fixed above each post, each pin adapted to receive the eyebolts of one or more ratchet turnbuckles and a locking bar connecting the pins at their upper ends to prevent removal of the turnbuckle eyebolts. In the preferred embodiment each pin carries a pair of ratchet turnbuckles, one ratchet turnbuckle having a pair of spaced eyebolts forming a U-shaped clevis between which the eyebolt of the other ratchet turnbuckle fits to engage the pin.

Abstract: The specification discloses various embodiments of apparatus adapted to function as convertible wire rope load binders, container lashing or pullers. All embodiments utilize a wire rope clamp of the type which grips the wire rope on tensioning of the wire rope, and a threaded tubular extension coaxial with the rope pass line, in combination with a slack take-up device, which may be any of a variety of slack take-up devices threaded onto the tubular extension. A preferred embodiment employs a slack take-up device in the form of an over-center or toggle lever and a sheave device attached to the body of the clamp. Another embodiment employs a combined hook and clevis device having a screw connection to the body of the clamp. Another embodiment utilizes a winch device on the tensioning end of the wire rope to provide for tensioning the wire rope.