Abstract: An item of sports equipment includes a guy line to which is applied a mechanical tension and which ensures the stability or the rigidity of the item of sports equipment. The sports equipment includes a measuring apparatus which is fastened to the guy line such that the guy line tension is applied to it, the measuring apparatus including a sensor adapted to deliver an electrical signal corresponding to representational information on the guy line tension. The measuring apparatus is fastened to the guy line all the time, making it possible to obtain representational information on the guy line tension at any instant.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring tension in guy wire systems wherein the lower end of the guy wire has a thimble adjoined by a connection pin to a yoke or clevis of a turnbuckle shackle bolt connected to an earth anchor. A block assembly is removably received beneath the clevis and a thimble-engaging jaw assembly is removably received on the guy wire above the clevis. The block assembly and jaw assembly are connected at one end by a threaded rod assembly that includes a strain sensor connected with an indicator device, and by a threaded rod at their opposed end. The jaw assembly is drawn downward by adjusting nuts on the threaded rods beneath the block assembly to engage the thimble and move it downward transferring the tension to the threaded rod and threaded rod assembly which is sensed by the strain sensor and indicated by the indicator device.

Abstract: A tool for applying a force to a chain. The tool comprises a lever and an attachment member pivotally connected to the lever with two opposed arms pivotally mounted to the lever on opposite sides of the attachment member. Each arm has an end adapted to releasably engage and hold the chain. There is a linkage between the arms to guide movement of the arms upon reciprocal pivotal movement of the lever with respect to the attachment member. The arms are operable in a cycle in which one of the arms is maintained stationary to engage and hold the chain while the other arm is released from the chain and moved parallel to the chain past the stationary arm to engage and hold a new location on the chain whereupon each arm assumes the role of the other arm to repeat the cycle. The tool provides a simple and reliable manually operated device for applying a force to a chain. Mounting a weight to the attachment member allows the tool to be used to lift the weight along a suspended chain.

Abstract: In known transverse flux machines, the losses in the soft magnetic body prevent an increase in efficiency. While the production of the winding is remarkable owing to its simplicity, the production of the laminated iron body conveying the magnetic flux incurs high costs. In addition to the saturation in the iron, the use of air gaps restricts any increase in power density. In accordance with the invention, the two air gaps (21) are arranged radially externally of the winding (15) and the magnetically hard and/or soft magnetic rotor parts (19, 20) which periodically close the magnetic circuit are arranged axially within the ends of the soft magnetic stator body (18). This air gap arrangement gives rise to an air gap surface which is large relative to the external dimensions and the mass of the machine, and also relieves the load on the housing.

Abstract: An apparatus for stretching, loosening, and fixing a wire member includes a grasping member for grasping an end of the wire member, a displacing member for displacing the grasping member so as to stretch/loosen the wire member in the longitudinal direction thereof, a fixing member having a wedge receiving face, and a wedge member disposed axially between the fixing member and the grasping member. The wedge has a wedge face tapering toward the wedge receiving face of the fixing member and is divided circumferentially into a plurality of parts. A pushing member pushes the wedge member toward the wedge receiving face of the fixing member, and a holding member holds the wedge member away from the fixing member when the wire member is stretched/loosened by the displacing member.

Abstract: A tension indicator used on a guy line system of an inclined oilwell derrick, comprising a hydraulic compression load cell, a pair of interlocking U-shaped yokes housing the load cell between the bases of the U-shaped portions, a plunger connected to the load cell bearing against the base of one interlocking yoke, the load cell bearing against the base of the other interlocking yoke, a walking load binder mounted on the outer end of a first interlocking yoke and providing an initial tension load to the guy line system, a threaded nut and screw adjustment assembly affixed to the outer end of a second interlocking yoke and providing a finer adjustment of the tension provided by the walking load binder, a pair of attachment hooks rotatably mounted on the outer ends of the tension indicator device for inserting the tension indicator device between a set of intermediate chains connected in a guy line, and a calibrated pressure gauge directly attached to the load cell; whereby the interlocking yokes transfer a line