Abstract: A positioning clamp with a ring-shaped base body and at least one substantially radial clamping mechanism associated with the base body. The base body (2) is formed as a deep-drawing part (31) and provided with a pocket (8) which is formed concurrently during deep-drawing, for at least partially receiving the substantially radial clamping mechanism (9). In addition, a method for making a positioning clamp is described.

Abstract: A two-piece clamp, of a spherical shape convenient for use as a hand grip, attached about a cord in an interposed position therebetween, which impales the cord with pointed teeth so that the clamp holds fast to its position at the attachment site despite forces exerted longitudinally of the cord.

Abstract: A tether assembly for tethering an object, which tether assembly includes a cable having opposite ends and a connector attached to one of the opposite ends, and a retaining block for securing the cable to a support. The retaining block includes two parallel through-bores which extend through the retaining block and are provided for receiving the cable. The retaining block also includes a stepped bore which has a threaded portion and a non-threaded terminal portion. The non-threaded terminal portion of the stepped bore has a cylindrical portion which terminates at a common intersection with each of the two parallel through-bores, and a tapered end. A spherical element is positionable in the non-threaded portion of the stepped bore. In use, the retaining block is secured to a support structure and the connector is connected to an object to be tethered.

Abstract: A wire rope clip comprising a two-piece bolt and saddle. The clip comprises first and second bolts, each having a head, a threaded end, and a plurality of splines fashioned proximate the head. The clip further comprises first and second saddles, each having a base, a first orifice and a second orifice. A first nut engages the threaded end of the first bolt and a second nut engages the threaded end of the second bolt.

Abstract: The body (4) of the hook (1) has a passage (6) for receiving a transverse bar, which passage terminates in an aperture (7) and extends throughout the length of the body. The hook (1) includes a curved strip portion (5) for retaining an osteosynthesis rod which is connected to the body (4) in a region of said aperture (7). The height of the aperture (7) exceeds the thickness of the bar. The strip portion (5) has a width substantially equal to the width of the body (4) and edge portions (9) of the passage (6) are so shaped as to define sliding ramps for the rod which are inclined toward the interior of the strip portion (5). The arrangement of the hook ensures a trapping of the rod which improves the safety of the device in use and reduces the overall size of the hook.

Abstract: Device for connecting a machine element to a structural member, which is movable about a longitudinal axis thereof, so that the machine element and the structural member are secured against relative rotation, includes a tension band firmly connected to a machine element and embracing more than 180.degree. of a circumference of the structural member, and a thrust piece having an inner side matching the circumference of the structural member, the thrust piece extending across a part of the circumference of the structural member other than a part thereof embraced by the tension band, and at least one clamping device to which the tension band is fixed for radially clamping the thrust piece against the structural member.

Abstract: This invention provides an accessories which can be fixed by merely inserting a fixing pin into a wire string fastener. According to this invention, a series of decorative bodies are coupled one after another by means of a wire string, each end of the wire string is passed through a through-passage formed in a wire string fastener and through a turn-back portion of clasp, the end of the wire string thus passed through is then turned back to be again passed through the through-passage where the each end of the wire string is fixed by means of a fixing means. The wire string fastener is provided with a fastening hole and a depression. A fixing pin is fittingly inserted into the fastening hole, and provided with a projected portion extending slightly larger than the inner diameter of the fastening hole to contact with the vicinity of the opening of the fastening hole. The wire string is fixed in a bent manner along the depression by the pressing portion of the fixing pin.

Abstract: An avian perch for mounting in a bird cage having a plurality of bars comprises a length of natural fiber non-cotton rope and mounting hardware usable with any rope perch. The mounting hardware comprises a first and second end cap with a bolt extending therefrom, a pair of washers and a wing nut for attaching each end of the perch to the bars of a bird cage.

Abstract: A straight line, side opening dead end cable clamp includes a pivotally mounted keeper that is spring loaded on the cable clamp body to urge the keeper into an open position. The body of the clamp has a very low profile permitting it to be formed in a mold that has a straight parting line. A cable receiving groove is formed in the body at an angle to bring the axis of the cable in line with the supporting clevis. The keeper has an elongated cable compression member that is maintained in alignment with the cable receiving groove. A single and a double U bolt design are disclosed. The compressive force applied to the cable by the cable compression member and the cable supported groove in the body is maximum at the supportive end of the clamp and minimum at the mouth of the clamp. A double loop spring member couples the keeper to the body and urges the keeper to an open position to permit access to the cable receiving groove.

Abstract: An adornment device including a flexible cord using a plurality of wires as a core and a flexible coating for coating the cord so as to impart flexibility to the cord; a retainer having a cord-threading hole through which the cord is inserted once before a clasp and through which the cord is inserted again after being bent at a bending point; and a setscrew which, by making use of the characteristics of the flexible coating material, is adapted to secure the cord to the retainer while adjustment of the tension of the cord is being made.

Abstract: A needle clamp includes a clamp screw, a square nut member having a threaded hole engageable with the clamp screw, and a needle clamp body having a first hole for receiving plural needles arranged in side-by-side relationship in a first direction within a predetermined plane, a second hole formed so that the clamp screw may move therein in the first direction, and a square cavity formed so that the nut member may move therein in the first direction. The cavity includes a pair of opposite internal walls which prevent the nut member from rotating about an axis of the clamp screw by engaging with corners of the nut member, and a third internal wall which prevents the nut member from moving away from the needles arranged in the first hole by engaging with a surface of the nut member opposite to a surface facing the arranged needles.

Abstract: A modular adjustable clamp is provided for use in a multi-clamp assembly. The clamp comprises a frame, a clamp interconnection for connecting the frame to a second clamp, and a portion for engaging a cable. The modular clamp can be connected to the second clamp in an adjustable manner such that various sizes of cable can be clamped with various distances between the cables. A system may also be provided for stabily connecting at least two multi-clamp assemblies for use in attaching a connector to the cables.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for the internal fixation of the spine. The apparatus comprises two sets of implants each consisting of a rod and a plurality of vertebral anchors. A set of implants is positioned on the spine on either side of the spinous process spanning the portion of spine to be immobilized. The rod is secured to the vertebral laminae by the vertebral anchors. The anchor includes a transpedicular screw member which is secured to a vertebrae. A rod support includes a cup which captures the screw and optionally permits micromotion between the rod support and screw. The rod support also includes a rod-receiving channel which captures the rod. A clamp is provided to secure the rod in the channel.

Abstract: An acoustic headgear-sun visor assembly for use by pilots, users of Walkman-type radio and tape deck assemblies, users of noise attenuation devices and the like. The assembly comprises a headpiece including a flat band support member. A split bolt having a bifurcated shank receives the flat band support member. A sun visor is mounted on the split bolt in an angularly adjustable friction fit, enabling shifting it between operative and inoperative positions.

Abstract: An anchor for a compound archery bow includes a yoke portion formed at one end thereof and a reusable clamp formed at the opposite end. The anchor provides a way of securing the inside cables of a compound bow to the tips of the bow limbs adjustably and releasably.

Abstract: The clamp has an elongated body with a transverse bore which is intersected on an axial threaded hole originating at one end of the body. A transverse slot originating closer to the one end of the body tangentially intersects the bore closer to the one end of the body. A screw is threaded into the hole from the one end and bears on elastic lines (or cords) and tends to push them into the hole. When used with a colostomy pouch the clamp holds the usual retaining bead tight against the pouch connector and plate flange.

Abstract: A fixed count terminal for a sheathed multiconductor cable is provided that includes an elongate terminal shell having a cable port at each end and being formed of two half-shells that are substantially identical, each half-shell having transverse symmetry. A terminal block is affixed to the outside of the shell within an exterior block compartment having fixed count entry ports. Articulated binding straps hingedly unify the half-shells. Strand clamps affixed to the binding straps suspend the terminal from a support strand. Once wire work is complete inside the terminal, it may be closed and adhesively sealed since line drops may be connected to the terminal block outside the shell. Further, by virtue of the transverse symmetry of the half-shells, only one type of half-shell need be provided, a pair of which being sufficient to form a terminal shell.

Abstract: Mounting device for a rod-shaped proximity switch which is constructed, apart from a tightening screw (10), as a one-piece injection moulded plastic part. The latter has a fastening part (12) provided with holes (14) for fastening bolts; at the ends of the fastening part (12), small block-shaped parts extending away from the fastening part to the side are moulded on, one of which forms a rigid clamping jaw (16) and the other, a small rigid supporting block (18). Between these two blocks there is a moveable clamping jaw (20), also designed to be shaped like a small block, which on the side facing away from the fastening part (12) is connected with the small rigid supporting block (18) by way of a flexible web (22). The small rigid supporting block (18) has, next to the fastening part (12), a threaded hole (24) for a tightening screw (10) to apply pressure to the moveable clamping jaw (20) in the direction of the rigid clamping jaw (16).

Abstract: The invention contemplates a unitary cable-clamp fitting adapted for equipment or other connection to an overhead-suspension cable or messenger wire. The fitting comprises two side panels integrally connected by a single bend establishing an initially acute angle between the side panels. In a preferred form, the outer edge of each panel is characterized by an elongate flange bent inward and generally toward the opposite side panel, and the initial space between flanges is slightly less than the cable diameter to be accommodated, so that cable assembly and loose retention are achieved via snap-action insertion between the flanges. A nut and bolt, loosely engaged via aligned openings in the panels, is tightened to set the clamp to the cable. Bracket hardware having a mounting opening may be clamped with the same nut and bolt, and the bolt itself may be formed for simple accessory or guy-wire connection.

Abstract: A grip for cable, especially fragile cable such as fiber optic cable having a fragile connector at one end thereof. The grip comprises an elongated, hollow protective sheath with an open rearward end for receiving the connector therein, a pulling device coupled at the forward end of the sheath by means of a forwardly tapered nose piece and an open mesh sleeve coupled at the rearward end of the sheath for engaging the cable upon a longitudinal stretching thereof which radially reduces the sleeve around the cable. The pulling device comprises a shaft journalled for free rotation on the nose piece by ball bearings mounted in the nose piece to allow the sheath to rotate about its longitudinal axis as it is being pulled.

Abstract: A security seal comprising a tie member that forms the seal shackle and a retainer in the form of a block or body in which the tie member ends are anchored when the device is in use as a seal. Manual anchoring of the tie member in the retainer, in applying the seal, is by way of applying the tie member to a through passage formed in the retainer block or body, which block or body also has formed in same a bore that extends crosswise of and intersects and crosses said through passage, between a mouth of same in a side surface of the retainer, on one side of the passage, and a recess the bore forms on the other side of the passage.

Abstract: Cable ends of a compound bow are adjustably anchored by an attachment member pivotally mounted adjacent the bow eccentric wheels. The attachment member includes a plurality of openings therethrough which are angularly offset relative to one another to define alternate circuitous cable pathways. A releasable lock device engages the cable end in one of the attachment member openings while a laterally offset section on the attachment member allows alternative 180.degree. reversible mounting thereof.

Abstract: A cable termination connector assembly for physically receiving and securely retaining the bared end of a current carrying center conductor of a high voltage power cable and for making an external electrical connection to the center conductor includes a multi-barrel connector for use with many different sizes of high voltage power cables. A plurality of elongated, generally axially extending apertures are formed in the connector for receiving the wire strands of a segmented or nonsegmented center conductor of a high voltage power cable. In a specific embodiment, the apertures are canted or inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the center conductor and the multi-barrel connector to minimize the length of cable insulation that is cut away or stripped back and thereby increase the dielectric strength or reduce the size of the termination assembly and facilitate insertion of the wire strands.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to electrical connectors and more particularly to the electrical connectors which are commonly known as cable bonding clamps. Cable bonding clamps are used for providing continuity of the conductive shielding of a communication cable at splice points so as to carry electrical current across the splice and to ground the conductive shield at termination points.

Abstract: A cable termination connector assembly for physically receiving and securely retaining the bared end of a current carrying center conductor of a high voltage power cable and for making an external electrical connection to the center conductor includes a multi-barrel connector for use with many different sizes of high voltage power cables. In a specific embodiment, four, elongated, axially extending apertures are formed in the connector for receiving the wire strands of a segmented or nonsegmented center conductor of a high voltage power cable. For smaller power cables, only one or two of the four apertures may be used; for larger power cables, three or four of the apertures may be used.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a portable security lock having a sliding fastener and chain that loops around the doorknob stem and a hook that connects to the striker plate and the chain so that when the door is closed, the lock cannot be jimmied or removed unless the portable security lock is removed.

Abstract: A hose clamp body for use with a bolt having a shank and a head. A surface on the body grips the hose and an opening generally transverse to a first surface on the body receives the bolt shank. The bolt head is provided with a flat side surface laterally spaced a predetermined distance from the diametrically opposite side of the shank. Provided on the body is a second surface which intersects the first surface and extends away therefrom to an upper edge to form an acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the opening. The predetermined distance being less than the transverse distance between the upper edge and the diametrically opposite side of the opening and greater than the transverse distance between the intersection and the diametrically opposite side of the opening so that the flat side of the bolt head engages the body second surface before the bolt head contacts the first surface to prevent the bolt from turning relative to the body.

Abstract: A screw clamp for clamping a flexible tubing includes a handle having a screw housing attached to one end. The housing has apertures in opposed side walls through which the flexible tubing can be passed, a base for supporting one surface of the tubing, and a bore above the base having internal screw threads in the wall thereof. A thumbscrew is threaded in the bore and defines a variable opening with the base. The handle is adapted to be gripped by the middle, ring and small fingers of the hand so that the thumbscrew can be rotated with the thumb and forefinger of the same hand to clamp the flexible tube against the base of the screw housing.