LINE GRIPPING DEVICE

• Main Author: BOWERS T,US
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 10.07.1973
• Subjects: BELTS, CABLES, OR ROPES, PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR DRIVINGPURPOSES; BLASTING; CHAINS; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FITTINGS PREDOMINANTLY USED THEREFOR; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

This disclosure pertains to a line gripping device such as a rope puller, a wire puller, or a cleat. The line gripping device utilizes both the camming and the jamming action. More particularly, the disclosure illustrates a handle attached to a base with a first jaw member adjustably but firmly attached to the base. A second jaw member is mounted on the base adjacent the first jaw member with the gripping teeth of the jaw members spaced apart a sufficient distance to permit a rope to be inserted therebetween. The second jaw member is mounted for movement toward and away from the first jaw member by a cam-follower arrangement so that the first and second jaw members are constantly maintained in a parallel relationship. Accordingly, tension on a line placed between the jaws causes a camming operation to force the jaws together to grip the line while the angular relationship of the teeth causes the line to be jammed between the jaws. In another embodiment of the disclosure, the jaws are mounted on a base which is secured by screws to a deck of a vessel so as to form a combination jam-cam cleat.