The invention relates to a device for holding two ropes or corresponding elongated bodies together in a fixed relation to each other at a right angle or parallel to each other. The device is characterized in that it comprises two essentially identical halves (2, 11), each being provided with a recess (3, 12) into which the rope fits, and that these halves may be pressed together and be locked by means of snap locks (5, 6, 13 14) when pressed together, the axial or turning movement of the ropes i...

A cleat for separately or simultaneously securing a rope and a chain has a pair of cleat horns projecting in opposite directions from an upright portion extending upwardly from a cleat base, the horns being spaced upwardly from the base. A chain link reception slot is downwardly inclined into the upright portion, and is open upwardly and to opposite sides of the upright portion, for receiving and retaining a link of a chain.

A device to assist in the hand pulling of ropes comprises a handle portion and a rope cleating portion attached to the handle portion and having a wedge section to grasp a rope inserted therein.

PCT No. PCT/GB78/00019 Sec. 371 Date June 5, 1979 Sec. 102(e) date June 1, 1979 PCT Filed Oct. 3, 1978 PCT Pub. No. W079/00182 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 19, 1979 The invention relates to wire ropes. There is disclosed a wire rope comprising a plurality of strands (4-12) twisted together with each strand (4-12) being individually covered by a respective sheath (16) of rubber or rubber substitute. Each strand (4-12) comprises a plurality of wires (14) twisted together with the direction of twist of at le...

An arrangement for holding a rope or the like has a support, a hook member supported by the support rotatably about an axis and formed as a double hook having two hook arms which are mirror-symmetrical relative to one another, and a releasable locking member arranged for locking the hook member in a holding position. The hook member may have a S-shaped contour in its side view in the direction of axis of rotation. Each hook arm may be provided with an abutment for the locking member, the abutmen...

A ratchet device is provided for tensioning belts or ropes which are used to secure piece goods during transport by means of trucks, ships, airplanes, etc. The device includes a ratchet housing, a belt tensioning assembly supported in the housing and a manually actuated pivotable lever for actuating the belt tensioning device. The device permits easy and facile adjustment of the belt tension by repeated pivot movements of the lever.

A machine for the manufacture of cords and ropes, comprises motor-driven roving cylinders, strand clamps for said cylinders, a strand conveyor with strand feeders for feeding said cylinders, a travelling guide trolley having means for feeding strands drawn out from said roving cylinders in lengthwise loops and combining them with a rotating laying device of a laying trolley which is continuously under the effect of a tension device said tension device being adapted to be drawn forward during the...

Apparatus for measuring the loading of a rope comprising three rope engagement members spaced along a resilient support for engaging opposite sides of the rope, one of said members being carried on a carrier and being displaceable by eccentric pivotation or sliding on the carrier, upon movement of an adjustment member, to deflect the rope, means being provided for measuring distortion of the resilient support in response to the rope deflection.

A cargo sling, tow-rope or the like comprises two cables embedded in a continuous elastomeric sheath of generally elliptical cross-section, these cables being disposed substantially in the longitudinal plane containing the major axis of the ellipse and in a substantially symmetrical relationship with the longitudinal centerline of the sheath; the cables extend beyond the sheath on at least one end, their projecting extremities being interconnected to form a loop or to engage an attachment such a...

The mechanical knot for ropes is a device to replace the time-honored metal hook and the conventional knots now used on tow and hoist ropes, and also tethering ropes. The device comprises a length of pipe or tube with an elongated slotted portion or portions in the walls, or a base plate with an elongated slot in it, and with right angle shoulders, each of which has a hole in it. Several methods of manufacture may be used in forming the device from various appropriate materials, including, but n...