Abstract: A leash device having a housing through which a leash line passes. The housing contains a cam-type variable compression means for variably compressing the leash line against the inside of the housing. The compression means is in the form of a rotatable cylinder rotated by a thumb-operated lever extending outside the housing. The housing is designed to fit in the palm of the hand and has finger grooves and an extending nipple to prevent rope burn from the leash line.

Abstract: Cleat has a base for mounting on deck or dock, with cleat head pivotably mounted to rock on the base. The horns on the head coact with the base to reliably and releaseably clamp line therebetween for secure cleating of the line. The spacing between the horns and the base is adjustable by adjustment of the pivot axis of the head on the base.

Abstract: A device for holding a fish stringer, comprising an L-shaped frame made up of a base plate and a shoulder plate perpendicular to the base plate, and including jaw means pivotally mounted on the base plate for engagement with a flexible line such as a fish stringer between the jaw means and the shoulder plate. The jaw means describes an arc about the pivot which intersects the shoulder plate near a perpendicular line between the jaw pivot point and the shoulder plate. Normally the stringer can be easily removed by pulling a portion of it near the jaw means in direction perpendicular to the base plate. However, cover means are optionally provided for selectively and slidably covering the jaw means and the shoulder plate to selectively obstruct and not obstruct the removal of the stringer line from between the jaw means and the shoulder plate in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the base plate.

Abstract: The invention relates to fixing a bare cable on an electric insulator by means of a device which includes a fixed part integral with the insulator and which has a groove (5) which forms a cradle in which the cable is laid, as well as a moving part (8) which holds the cable in its cradle in the locked position. According to the invention the fixed part and the moving part have contact surfaces with the cable to be fixed such that said cable in the locked position is subjected to progressive deformation of its cross-section in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the direction which corresponds to the clamping of the moving part at the central portion of the cradle and in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction at the two ends of the cradle. Application in particular to support insulators and to suspension insulators.

Abstract: Cord guide, such as a pulley, and support therefor, for use with a liftable shade, as a Roman shade or a venetian blind. There is provided a pivotally suspended cord guide support for use with a liftable shade which will suspend the cord guide in a pivotal manner so that the pull cords may be held for operation at a substantial angle with respect to the wall without diminishing their effectiveness in operating the shade. Specifically, the cord guide is supported within a generally conventional clevislike structure which has a specially constructed head end adapted for pivotal support on and by a ceiling or wall attachable bracket. With such pivotal support, the clevis and the cord guide carried thereby, while normally hanging parallel with the wall, can be angled away therefrom to permit greater ease in pulling of the shade cords but without diminishing the accuracy or effectiveness of said cords in the operating of the shade. A lock and guides for the shade cords may also be provided if desired.

Abstract: A cable clamp for securing a control cable to a kill or choke line in a mud riser used in offshore drilling of oil and gas wells is described. The cable clamp is comprised of two portions, a fixed portion which remains secured to the kill or choke line and a removable portion which can be engaged to or quickly released from the fixed portion to secure or disengage the control cable. The fixed portion includes a U-clamp, and the removable portion includes cooperating hinged members, each member mounting resilient pad and both members for securing said hinged members together to clamp said cable.

Abstract: A flow control device for flexible tubing wherein the device utilizes a toggle action in compressing the tubing against an anvil surface. A ratchet element is employed in conjunction with the toggle-action clamp to incrementally compress the tubing against the anvil surface. The clamp can be inexpensively molded in one piece and easily assembled without the placement of additional parts in the clamp body. The ratchet and toggle mechanisms offer the advantage of a one-hand operation for incremental compression of the tubing as well as a release of the clamp member.

Abstract: A cable clamp particularly adapted for use in connection with optical fiber cables is provided. The clamp comprises twin hermaphroditic half portions which intermate and are pivotally movable relative to each other to define two sets of clamping jaws which open and close simultaneously as a result of a scissorlike pivot connection. A locking band such as a threaded nut locks the jaws at one end of the clamp together to securely engage an optical fiber cable sheath and simultaneously to secure the optical fiber of such cable at the opposed end. Transverse slots may be disposed in the clamp body portions enabling strength members of an optical fiber cable to pass therethrough and be clamped to a clamp body portion by a locking nut surface or the like.

Abstract: A rope attaching device for splicing or forming a loop within a synthetic or natural fiber rope. The device includes a splicer body that is formed in two separate sections. Each section includes at least one rope receiving channel that is concave in cross section for receiving a length of rope therein. The two sections may be positioned facing one another, sandwiching a rope. A sheath formed of heat-shrink plastic material is provided that may be mounted over the juxtaposed sections. The sheath material will shrink upon application of heat to firmly grip and clasp the splicer body sections together securely clamping the rope.

Abstract: A clamping device for a fluid conduction tube comprises first, second, and third body members which are pivotally interconnected for movement between a generally flat, unfolded position and a folded together position in which the first and second body members generally face each other, and the third body member is generally perpendicularly disposed therebetween. The device may be slidably attached to the tube when the body members are in the unfolded position, and, when the device is in the folded together position, a portion of the tube is clamped between the first and second body members, thereby effectively blocking fluid conduction through the tube.

Abstract: An elongate frame having a pulley at one end adapted to ride on the upper run of a clothes line, and a clamp mounted on the frame at the opposite end thereof operable to grip the lower run of the clothes line. The clamp is in the form of a bar swingably mounted on the frame and having a lower clamping end and an upper gate end which normally prevents the separator from coming off the line upper run.

Abstract: A cable clamp comprises a base member having two arms, each arm being attached to the base member at spaced apart locations thereon. The arms are pivotably mounted on the base member and a bolt and a nut are provided for securing the free ends of the arms together. Each of the base member and the arms has a pad for gripping a cable or group of cables. Each of the arms having two longitudinal grooves, one in each side edge of the arm and each arm pad having projections which engage in said grooves so that the arm pads are slidable for at least limited movement along said arms.

Abstract: The jaws of a self-tailing channel of a winch are each provided with teeth in the form of ribs or ridges, the teeth being on a skew and being staggered so that a tooth on one of the jaws is not opposite to a tooth on the other of the jaws. In the embodiments shown the teeth are staggered by half their pitch; in one embodiment the teeth are straight and skewed and in another are arcs on a center of curvature spaced from the central axis of the jaw. This disposition of teeth enables the jaw to accommodate to a variety of widths of rope and also provides very positive gripping of that rope without however resistance to it being stripped when desired.The disclosure also includes a novel arrangement of stripper tongue and line guide in which the stripper tongue is provided on a stationary slip ring which forms the base of the tailing channel and where the line guide entraps an end portion of the tongue and may be radially supported by it.

Abstract: A holder for a cylindrical carbon arc electrode, comprising an elongated body of selected metal, having a forward and a rearward end, and a tubular handle attached to the bottom surface, at a selected angle. The top surface of the body has a longitudinal groove adapted to receive a cylindrical electrode and hold it co-linear with the top surface of the body. A quick-acting toggle clamp or latch means is provided, so that by simply pivoting a wire lever the latch can be loosened, and the position of the electrode in the groove can be altered. Various shapes and constructions can be provided, and the bail of the clamp can press directly on the electrode, or through means of metal blocks, etc.

Abstract: A self tailing winch has a tailing channel defined by a pair of jaws one of which rotates with the drum of the winch but one of which is non-rotatable. A line guide and stripper element are associated with the non-rotatable jaw, preferably being integrally formed with it, in one piece.

Abstract: A clamp device for gripping a cable or rope has two essentially semi-cylindrical jaws with longitudinal channels in their flat faces. The jaws can interlock at one end for pivotal movement relative to each other so as to bring the channels into register with each other, defining a cavity in which a rope or cable may be gripped, the jaws being clamped together by for example a screw clamp device engaging the ends of the jaws opposite the interlocking ends. The screw clamp device may serve for the attachment of hooks, eyes or shackles to the clamp device.

Abstract: A cable clamping device of the rotary jaw type is provided with means for adjusting its cable-receiving and cable-clamping capabilities. The adjustment means permits selective adjustment of the effective cable-receiving or cable-clamping dimension of the clamp. For example, the male member of the rotary jaw clamp is fitted with a rotatable sleeve which has an internal bore having a longitudinal axis angularly displaced from the axis of the sleeve. Rotation of the sleeve results in a change in the size of the cable-receiving and cable-clamping bore of the clamp.

Abstract: A tie-down fitting comprising a body for attachment to fixed structure. The body includes a recess within which an elongated tang is pivotally fitted. A rope or line may be laid in transverse depressions in the body. One end of the tang can be pressed to project the opposite end above the transverse depressions. On release, the tang is biased toward the depressions to hold the line. A strain on the line moves the tang to its projected, tie-down position.

Abstract: At least one of the clamping surfaces of the yarn clamp is provided with a recess which extends longitudinally of the clamping jaws and along the yarn path. The recess is of a depth, at most, equal to the yarn thickness so as to ensure a reliable engagement of the yarn in accurate position for transfer, for example, to a shuttle. Guide teeth may also be provided on one of the jaws in order to effect centering of the yarn into the recess.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a spacer for aerial cables for supporting one of more electrical conductor cables above the ground. It includes a body member having at least one concave seat adapted to receive a conductor cable, at least one generally arcuate retaining means adapted to engage a surface of the conductor cable and toggle means adapted to cooperate with the retaining means to firmly hold the conductor cable in its seat. One end of the cable retaining means is pivotally supported on the body member. The toggle means is pivotally supported on the other end of the cable retaining means. The toggle is provided with second ratchet tooth means and also generally arcuate third ratchet tooth means. Ratchet tooth means are also provided on the body member outwardly of the concave seat.

Abstract: The invention contemplates a single-piece injection-molded plastic hose clamp which may be made, shipped and stored flat and yet which, in assembly to a flexible hose may be applied to squeeze and effectively shut off flow through the hose in a one-handed shut-off operation wherein the shut-off condition is releasably locked. A hinged locking member on one arm of the clamp includes a bracket which, in reaction to the squeezing action to set the clamp, operates as a bellcrank to elevate the locking member to position for automatic resiliently loaded self-latching engagement with a coacting locking member on the other arm of the clamp.

Abstract: A device for stretching fence wire tightly between fence posts. A flat base plate has outwardly projecting L-shaped fingers which present end portions that are spaced from and parallel to the plate surface. A round camming bar is provided with partial circumferential grooves which are eccentric with respect to the bar axis. The fence wire is placed on the base plate, and the bar is placed on the wire with the grooves registering with the fingers. Turning of the bar causes camming action between the fingers and eccentric grooves in order to press the bar tightly against the base plate with the fence wire clamped tightly therebetween.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming a plurality of elongate objects such as wires into a bundle of circular cross section. The apparatus comprises a base adapted to be securely affixed to a mount such as a panelboard and a frame for mounting on the base. The frame comprises a pair of arms extending upwardly from adjacent the base with each arm terminating in an end portion. The end portions are movable relative to one another between a retaining position wherein the spacing between the end portions is less than the diameter of one of the objects and a release position wherein the spacing is at least as great as the object diameter. In their release portion, the end portions define an object-receiving opening. The arms are biased toward their retaining position. The apparatus further comprises a length of elastomeric material removably carried by the frame and free of the base. The length includes a portion bridging the arms adjacent the free ends.

Abstract: This disclosure is directed to a spacer for aerial cables for supporting one or more electrical conductor cables above the ground. It includes a body member having at least one concave seat adapted to receive a conductor cable and at least one generally arcuate cable retaining means adapted to engage a surface of the conductor cable and hold it in its seat. One end of the cable retaining means is pivotally supported on the body member. Generally arcuate ratchet tooth means are provided adjacent to the other end of the cable retaining means. Generally arcuate ratchet tooth means are also provided on the body member outwardly of the concave seat. The teeth of the retainer ratchet tooth means are engageable with the teeth of the body member ratchet tooth means when the retaining means is rotated about its pivotal support thereby to firmly hold the conductor cable in the concave seat.

Abstract: An improved rotary jaw clamping device is disclosed for use with cables, wires and the like which includes means disposed between the rotating jaws of the clamp to adjust the cable-receiving and cable-clamping capability of the clamp to enable its use with cables of varying diameters.

Abstract: A cable connector is disclosed having the capacity to secure simultaneously a number of cables or wires having different diameters. The connector includes a common male member and a plurality of female members adapted to rotate thereon and means for providing to each clamping element a variable clamping capability.

Abstract: A fail-safe cable cutter device which prevents the release or loss of an ect lifted by a cable through a pulley in the event the object accidentally strikes the pulley and is lifted beyond its safe load condition; i.e., the object is "two-blocked.

Abstract: A holder for forming a plurality of strands of wire into a bundle for assembling a cable harness. The holder includes a frame having relatively movable arms .[.of which the ends are in spaced relationship.]. .Iadd.terminating in opposing separate ends.Iaddend.. An elastic band is fastened on the frame to .[.yieldably hold the ends spaced and.]. provide a cradle for the wires .Iadd.and to coact with the ends to releasably retain the strands..Iaddend. .Iadd.