Flexible/rigidifiable cable assembly
Abstract
Abstract A FLEXIBLE YET RIGIDIFIABLE CABLE ASSEMBLY CAPABLE OF BEING SELECTIVELY TENSIONED. A PLURALITY OF ELONGATE LINK MEMBERS EACH HAVE AN AXIAL BORE TO RECEIVE A CABLE. AT ONE END OF EACH LINK MEMBER ARE TWO SPACED, PARALLEL PROJECTIONS PROVIDING A SLOT THEREBETWEEN, THE PROJECTIONS HAVING SERRATIONS AT THEIR APEX. AT THE SECOND END OF EACH LINK MEMBER IS A PROJECTING TONGUE HAVING SERRATED SEMICIRCULAR RELIEFS ON EITHER SIDE. IN ASSEMBLED RELATION, THE PARALLEL PROJECTIONS OF ONE END OF A LINK MEMBER ARE ENGAGEABLE WITH AND JOURNALED TO THE SEMI-CIRCULAR RELIEFS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TONGUE OF ANOTHER LINK MEMBER. A SPRING BETWEEN EACH LINK MEMBER PERMITS FLEXIBILITY OF THE CABLE ASSEMBLY BY MAINTAINING THE LINKS IN A DISENGAGED RELATION, THE CABLE ASSEMBLY BEING RIGIDIFIABLE UPON OVERCOMING THE BIAS OF THE SPRINGS THROUGH TENSIONING OF THE CABLE WHEREBY THE LINKS ENGAGE.
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- 👤 Cletus J Siebert
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