Cable connector
Abstract
Abstract A CABLE CONNECTOR INCLUDING AN ELONGATED FITTING CARRYING A MOUNTING PIN WHICH HAS AN ENLARGED BUSHING FORMED WITH A PERIPHERAL LOAD-BEARING GROOVE MOUNTED THEREON. A GENERALLY C-SHAPED THIMBLE IS FORMED WITH AN ENLARGED CENTRAL BITE PORTION WHICH IS LARGER IN INTERIOR CROSS SECTION THAN THE LONGITUDINAL CROSS SECTION OF THE GROOVE FOR RECEIPT IN SUCH GROOVE. FURTHER, THE THIMBLE IS FORMED AT ITS OPPOSITE EXTREMITIES WITH A PAIR OF INWARDLY ANGLED LEGS, SUCH THIMBLE BEING FORMED EXTERIORLY WITH A PERIPHERAL CABLE-RECEIVING TROUGH WHEREBY BUSHING MAY BE MOUNT- ED ON THE MOUNTING PIN AND THIMBLE FITTED THEREOVER AND THE CABLE FED THROUGH THE TROUGH AND LOOPED AROUND SUCH THIMBLE AND SECURED SO THAT WHEN FORCES ARE APPLIED TO THE CABLE, THE BUSHING AND THIMBLE WILL COOPERATE TO MAINTAIN THE LOOPED PORTION FORMED WITH A RELATIVELY LARGER CABLE TO PREVENT SHARP BENDS THEREIN AND THE TROUGH WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT AGAINST FLATTENING OF THE CABLE WHICH ENABLES THE THIMBLE TO ARTICULATE RELATIVE TO THE BUSHING.
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- 👤 Frank E Shaffer
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