Abstract: A seal for use with a flexible wire for providing visible evidence of tampering therewith includes a housing and a wire retaining key. The housing has two passageways for passage of the ends of the flexible wire therethrough so that the ends of the flexible wire extend beyond the boundaries of the housing. The housing also includes a keyway for receipt of the wire retaining key. The wire retaining key is inserted into the keyway and intersects the passageways so that the flexible wire passing through the housing is intercepted and bears against the wire retaining key. In this manner, the wire retaining key intercepts and deforms the flexible wire, whereby removal of the flexible wire from the housing is prevented. The key also preferably includes a detent which snaps into an engaging position within the housing when fully inserted therein. An audible snapping sound may preferably be heard to indicate that the detent is in the engaging position.

Abstract: A cable clamp may be constructed from a hollow body, a wedge-shaped member and a means for dislodging the member from the body. The body includes a tapered channel that is sized and shaped to accommodate the member and round, flat or rectangular cable sections. The means for dislodging the member include an aperture extending from one side of the member to the other, at least one cylindrical bearing surface positioned at the upper end of the body, and a camshaft. The camshaft has at least one cylindrical end with an inward facing end and an outward facing end. A cylindrical shaft in orthogonally and eccentrically mounted to the inward facing end. The camshaft is positioned so that the cylindrical shaft will bear against the inner surface of the aperture and the end portion will bear against the bearing surface. When the camshaft is rotated, the cylindrical shaft will cause the aperture and the wedge-shaped member to be displaced upwardly from the body.

Abstract: A cable socket wedge has two wedge halves held apart by at least three blocks, such that cutting the blocks allows the wedge halves to collapse inward, loosening the wedge and cable in the socket. Crushable inserts are located in the spaces between adjacent pairs of the blocks, between the wedge halves so as to provide sufficient crushable volume to allow the wedge halves to move toward each other when the blocks are cut. The wedge is employed with a socket having a window therein. The window is positioned in the socket such that, with a properly sized cable and wedge, the central of the three blocks is accessible through the window in the socket when a cable is secured and tightened with the wedge in the socket.

Abstract: A seal for use with a flexible wire for providing visible evidence of tampering therewith includes a housing and a wire retaining key. The housing has two passageways for passage of the ends of the flexible wire therethrough so that the ends of the flexible wire extend beyond the boundaries of the housing. The housing also includes a keyway for receipt of the wire retaining key. The wire retaining key is inserted into the keyway and intersects the passageways so that the flexible wire passing through the housing is intercepted and bears against the wire retaining key. In this manner, the wire retaining key intercepts and deforms the flexible wire, whereby removal of the flexible wire from the housing is prevented. The key also preferably includes a detent which snaps into an engaging position within the housing when fully inserted therein. An audible snapping sound may preferably be heard to indicate that the detent is in the engaging position.

Abstract: A spring drive retractor having a case with an inner space for a spring and a reel, with one end of the spring connected to the case and the other end of the spring connected to the reel, with an extension member having one end connected to the reel and the other end passing outward through the case, with the reel comprising a body and a post molded as a single piece with the post projecting laterally from the body in line with a transverse opening in the body and with the post and body joined by a rupturable membrane, the post having an extension member receiving opening whereby an extension member may be connected to the reel by driving the post into the body opening.

Abstract: An end tip for an elastic-cord-connected compactable tubular assembly (14). The tip has an insertable body portion (10) which acts as the elastic cord retainer. Because of two longitudinal channels (11) and a connecting cross hole (12), the tensioned elastic cord (13) is doubly locked and anchored onto this insertable portion of the end tip with no knots required for attachment. The locked portions of elastic cord (13) also act as a wedge to secure the end tip within the ends of the tubular assembly (14) during use, yet allow the tip/cord to be removed by hand for repair of the tubular assembly, or for elastic cord retensioning or replacement.

Abstract: A wire fastening tool has a wire mounting portion on which one end of a wire is to be mounted, a containing portion into which a movable member is to be inserted from outside and removably contained, and at least two openings which are formed in a peripheral wall forming the containing portion and into which the other end of the wire is to be inserted. The movable member is inserted with the other end of the wire passed through the openings and inserted in the containing portion, whereby the wire is bent between the movable member and the containing portion and is pressed between the outer surface of the movable member and the inner surface of the containing portion.

Abstract: A wedge socket assembly having a wedge socket, a pin for connecting objects to the wedge socket, a wedge, and a bolt for holding the wedge in the wedge socket. The wedge socket has an elongated, hollow basket of substantially rectangular cross-section. The hollow basket has a large opening at a first end, a small opening at a second end, and an interior cross-section tapering from said large opening to said small opening. Connected to the basket are a pair of jaws extending from opposite sides of the first end, and the jaws each have an opening therethrough aligned with one another, with the pin inserted through the openings and retained by a cotter pin. The wedge has a first wedge portion with a large end and a small end, and is of substantially the same shape as the interior of the basket.

Abstract: The slats of a venetian blind are divided into upper and lower portions by the installation of a divider, comprising a spacer and a retainer, which serve to shorten the working length of the tilt adjusting ladders on either the inside or outside of the blind, altering the tilt of the slats of the lower portion so as to be more closed or more open with respect to the slats of the upper portion, depending upon the adjustment of the tilt control ladder.

Abstract: Elevator compensation ropes are attached to the elevator cab frame by means of a wedge block which is mounted on a lower portion of the frame. The wedge block has a plurality of separate wedge-shaped passages thereon through which each of the compensation ropes passes upwardly. The ropes are looped over V-shaped inserts and then passed downwardly through the passages. The inserts are dropped into respective ones of the passages so as to wedge the ropes against the wedge block. The counterweight is connected to the compensation ropes with a plurality of rope deflectors which guide the ropes from a fanned out series of thimble rods to a closely spaced parallel rope array which extends from the counterweight into the hoistway pit.

Abstract: A cable clamp for holding a cable suspended from a support comprises a shell member having a mouth opening for the passage of the cable and first and second elongated inner abutment surfaces against which first and second portions of the cable received through the mouth opening are adapted to bear. The shell member also has a planar wall and a side opening defined by elongated walls which extend transversely to the planar base wall. A movable wedge is attached to the planar base wall for limited guided movement and retention within the shell member. The wedge is attached to the shell member by a tongue, which projects outwardly from the base wall and into a guide slot formed in a side wall of the wedge.

Abstract: The combination of a shock cord including a shock cord loop at an end thereof, a serving tightly disposed about the shock cord immediately adjacent to the shock cord loop, and a binding tightly disposed about the serving and connected to the serving and shock cord.

Abstract: A guard assembly which includes a bushing and assembly for securing the assembly in the slot of a wedge clamp. The bushing abuts a rope secured in the wedge clamp for preventing axial movement of the rope and wedge assembly which could loosen the securement of the rope.

Abstract: A free falling cinch tongue has a lock bar which is supported to be freely rotatable about a fixed axis to move a belt clamping surface on the lock bar toward and away from a belt clamping surface on the cinch tongue frame.

Abstract: A two part rope lock for hooking over the railing of a boat, having a hanger member with a pair of transversely arranged guide hooks at upper and lower ends. A channel is formed by two outstanding flanges at the back of a leg of a rail-engageable hook between the guide hooks for passage of a rope therethrough. The flanges include inclined slots for the slidable non-pivotal attachment of a cam wedge second member that moves at an inclined angle toward the leg of the hanger member. Both the hanger member and the cam wedge member include serrated surfaces so that when the cam wedge is slid downwardly a rope may be clamped therebetween. The rope lock is adjustable by one hand so that the rope may be adjusted to be gripped at different positions, such as for use with a bumper guard attached to a depending end of the rope for placing the guard at different locations on the hull of a boat as needed.

Abstract: A line attachment device for fixing objects to a line such as a fishing line, a string or a piece of rope. The device includes a shank or stem securable to the object to be fixed. The line attaching portion of the device includes a plug fixed to the stem, a cleat next to the plug and extended outward from it, and a cap with a central opening that fits snuggly over the plug. To fix the line to the device, an open loop is formed in the line and is trained through the opening in the cap when the cap is removed from the plug. The loop is drawn over the end of the plug and over the cleat such that it bears against the cleat when pulling toward the plug. The cap is then secured on the plug to hold the loop in place. The loop is secured on the cleat and is prevented by the cap from passing over the cleat whereby the line is secured to the line ataching device and thus to the object.

Abstract: The disclosure herein describes a device for cinching a cord; it comprises an outer body, having a cord entrance and a cord exit, and an inner body having a channel allowing the cord to extend from the entrance to the exit and a pair of opposite gripping surfaces which serve to secure the cord in a cinched condition. A finger actuated unlatching slide carries a stirrup which releases the cord from the gripped surfaces.

Abstract: A wedge-type cable clamp has an outer member providing an open-ended tapered recess receiving a wedge around which a cable is wrapped in the usual manner. The wedge projects beyond the larger end of the recess, and the sides of the outer member extend past the wedge to shield it against random accidental forces. A cut-out in the sides provides finger access for intentionally releasing the clamp.

Abstract: An exerciser that includes a stretchable tension member connected to an adjuster mechanism which permits the tension member's length to be varied as desired by the user. The adjuster mechanism, in preferred form, includes a housing that defines a cavity open through a port to atmosphere. A free end of the tension member is looped around a latch pin within the cavity, both ends of the loop extending through the housing's port. The latch pin, which is accessible to a user from exteriorly of the housing, is movable within the cavity away from the port when it is desired to adjust the tension member's length, and is movable within the cavity toward the port when it is desired to lock the tension member at the desired length. The cavity includes wedge shaped interior walls that flare away from the port, and that cooperate with the pin and the tension member's looped end, to establish the locking position of that looped end.

Abstract: A deep trolling release device releasably connects a fishing line to a downrigger line. A hollow outer member is connectable to the downrigger line. An inner member is slidably received in the outer member. There is a pin on the inner member adjacent the aperture with a free end. The pin normally spans the aperture for holding the fishing line which extends about the pin. A release device adjacent the top of the inner member is capable of being struck by a weight slidably dropped down the downrigger line to displace the inner member downwardly and move the free end of the pin across the aperture to release the fishing line. A recess member has a recess with an internal spline means and a passageway for fishing line exterior to the recess. A wedge member has a tapering portion shaped to wedge within the recess member. The tapering portion has longitudinal grooves extending along opposite sides thereof.

Abstract: Clamping means for a strap comprises a support member having a concave surface and a guide member having a convex surface. The guide member is pivotally mounted on the support member for angular movement between a first position in which the concave and convex surfaces are spaced apart by a distance greater than the uncompressed thickness of the strap and a second position in which the concave and convex surfaces are spaced apart by a distance less than the uncompressed thickness of the strap. The guide member further comprises a lobe so positioned in relation to the convex surface that the length of the path of the strap extending from a first predetermined location, round the lobe and between the concave and convex surfaces (24, 48), to a second predetermined location decreases as the guide member pivots from its first position to its second position.

Abstract: An open wedge socket for a cable or the like includes a wedge having a peripheral surface for engaging the cable, a housing including an outwardly opening channel for receiving the wedge and cable, and an interference member having a sliding fit on the housing to capture the wedge and cable in the channel. The channel provides a first working surface for engaging the cable and the interference member provides a second working surface for engaging the cable. The housing includes shoulders providing first camming surfaces and the interference member includes flanges providing second camming surfaces. When the interference member slides onto the housing it is drawn toward the channel to constrict one end of the channel and capture the wedge and cable between the first and second working surfaces.

Abstract: A socket-wedge connection for wedge-type rope socket wherein a multi-part wedge is employed having one part collapsible, finding advantageous use, for example, in the lines employed with excavating equipment.

Abstract: A restraint belt guide loop assembly for deflecting a belt from a retractor to a diagonal position across the occupant upper torso includes a mounting bracket pivotally mounted on the vehicle body and first and second belt clamping bars independently pivotally mounted on the mounting bracket and being eccentrically shaped to define belt clamping faces which are movable toward and away from each other upon rotation of the belt clamping bars. The first belt clamping bar has an associated reaction arm which is traversed by the belt so that imposition of an occupant restraint load on the belt induces forced rotation of the first belt clamping bar.

Abstract: Cable clamp with jaws and a wedge.The invention deals with a cable clamp having clamping jaws, a clamping wedge and locking means.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) for attaching each end of a rope (12) to the boom of a sail board so that the rope (12) can be used by a rider with a "Hawaiian Harness" the apparatus (1) having in each case a frame (2) with a pliable member (3) held to the frame (2) and adapted to extend around the boom arranged so that with the frame (2) lying alongside the boom tension on the rope (12) will cause the frame (2) to tighten a gripping hold of the pliable member (3) on the boom. The apparatus provides for good retention of the rope position during periods of non-use and facilitates adjustment of its position during use by a sail board rider.

Abstract: A carrier for supporting a panel for movement along a track and adapted for connection to a string for controlling the spacing of the carriers along the track. The carrier includes a carrier body having a key receiving cavity, a locking key integrally connected to the body by a frangible connection arranged to allow an intermediate portion of a string to be inserted laterally into a position extending crosswise of the cavity. The key is then forced into the cavity to form a loop in the string and lock the string to the carrier body.

Abstract: A rope-chaining device is formed consisting of a screw bar screwed into one side of acceptor, and an arcuately-shaped plate is provided rotatably at the end portion of the screw bar within the acceptor. A rope-fixing member is disposed within the acceptor and a wedge having a longitudinal hole defined therein is disposed within the rope-fixing member. A pivot penetrates the long hole so that the rope-fixing member may be pivotally mounted within the acceptor, and upon the wedge a rope is wound to be fastened tightly, an arcuately-shaped plate being pressed to the rope.

Abstract: Apparatus for retaining a load on a truck or other vehicle and including a belt connectable to one side of the vehicle bed and extending upwardly over the load to a location near the other side, a chain connectable at one end to the second side of the vehicle and carrying at its other end a buckle adjustably connectable to the belt to secure it through the chain to the second side of the vehicle, and a load binder connectable to different links of the chain and actuable to pull those links toward one another and thereby take up slack in the chain and tighten the belt on the load.

Abstract: Apparatus for guiding and clamping an elongated flexible rope comprises a body supporting a plurality of rotatively mounted guide rollers aligned for guiding said rope in a plane. One of said guide rollers is mounted on said body adjacent a tension end of the rope and is selectively lockable against rotation. The other guide roller is mounted on said body adjacent a portion of the rope that is looped around for tension and is mounted for movement toward and away from said first guide roller so that rope passing around both guide rollers and extended between adjacent portions thereof may be pressed into a clamped position when the second guide roller is moved toward said first guide roller. The rope is released upon movement of the second roller in an opposite direction. Anchor means is provided for securing said body to pivot about a fixed point between a rope clamping position and a rope releasing position, and a hook element is provided for securing the body in the rope clamping position.

Abstract: A fastening device is structured so that one half thereof is symmetrical with the other and includes a casing, with a pair of inwardly folded portions, and a pair of symmetrical block-members, each having a bar-member and accommodated within the casing such that one end of each block-member is respectively outwardly biased toward the lateral open ends of the casing. Respective end portions of strings or the like are wound around the respective bar-member and respectively abut the respective folded portions as long as the respective ends of the block-members remain outwardly biased and are not pushed inwardly by a user.

Abstract: A bight of a cable is wrapped around a sliding wedge thimble which, when one or both of the cable parts is pulled, jams the cable parts between convergent sides of the wedge thimble and opposed convergent sides of a casing. A key, when engaged through registering keyways of the wedge thimble and casing, limits the sliding movement of the wedge thimble so that the latter does not jam the cable parts but, rather, permits the cable to slip lengthwise around it. The key is tapered, and the keyways are so arranged that they serve to unjam the cable when the key is forced through the keyways.

Abstract: A seat belt clamp comprises a clamp member which clamps the belt against a frame base when an abnormally high pull-out force is exerted on the belt. The clamp member is forced toward the belt by the combined effects of the wedging action of a roll around which the belt turns against a wedging surface of the clamp member and oblique guides on the frame which cam the clamp member toward the base and away from the roller. Springs urge both the roller and the clamp member toward released positions for easy, smooth release of the belt when the high pull-out force ceases.

Abstract: A cord lock including a body containing a passage within which there is received a locking slide adapted to wedge a pair of cords against opposite side walls of the passage, with the slide having a main locking portion with a pair of toothed faces engageable with the cords respectively, and resiliently flexible feeler arms projecting from the slide and engageable with the cords in both the locked and released positions of the slide to attain a self locking action automatically actuating the slide to its locking position upon predetermined movement of the cords, and retaining the slide in locked position until purposely released therefrom. The side walls of the passage and the body desirably have converging portions laterally opposite and coacting with the main locking portion of the slide, and non-converging portions laterally opposite and coacting with the resilient feeler arms.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel fastener for attaching flexible tape comprising a tri-laterally symmetric retainer and a receiving aperture such that a portion of the flexible tape wrapped around said retainer may be gripped and said aperture, the gripping force increasing when tension is supplied to said tape.

Abstract: A socket-wedge connection for wedge-type rope socket wherein a multi-part wedge is employed having one part collapsible, finding advantageous use, for example, in the lines employed with excavating equipment.