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 fabricated pelican hook assembly is provided having an apertured head piece cut from steel plate, a bolt threaded at one end and having the opposite end extending into said aperture at least half way through said head piece and transverse thereto, a pair of generally parallel spaced apart side arms cut from steel plate having one end of each extending generally transversely into said aperture in the head piece from the side opposite the bolt on opposite sides of said opposite end of said bolt at least half the thickness of said head piece, a weldment substantially filling said aperture around said opposite end of the bolt and the ends of the side arms, a pelican hook cut from steel plate and having a pivot hole at one end, a pivot pin extending through said pivot hole and fixed in the opposite ends of said pair of side arms with the pelican hook between said side arms and a keeper link generally movable on the bolt to engage the opposite end of the pelican hook from the pivot.

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: 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.

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 container lashing system for fastening shipboard containers is provided having a rigid elongated lashing bar with at least one generally ball shaped end and at least one securing fitting having a corresponding generally ball shaped socket with a keyhole shaped opening admitting the ball shaped end and adjacent portion of lashing bar into the socket for securing the end in the socket.

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.

Abstract: A container lashing system for fastening shipboard containers is provided having a rigid elongated lashing bar with at least one generally ball shaped end and at least one securing fitting having a corresponding generally ball shaped socket with a keyhole shaped opening admitting the ball shaped end and adjacent portion of lashing bar into the socket for securing the end in the socket.

Abstract: A clamp for wire rope, rods and tubes and a load fastening apparatus are provided including an elongated strand of given length, a clamp means adjustably positioned on said elongated strand intermediate its length, fastening means on one end of said strand spaced from the clamp means, said clamp engaging the strand selectively on movement of the strand in one direction relatively thereto and releasing the strand on movement of the strand in the opposite direction, a hollow screw member surrounding the strand and bearing on the clamp and nut means acting on said hollow screw, one of said nut and screw acting on a load to adjust the clamp position relative to said load and the fastening means.

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.