Patent ID: 6381939
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B66C,D07B,Y10T

Abstract:
A wire rope sling made of wire rope having a core and multiple strands of wire helically laid around said core and cut from a predetermined length providing first and second ends, approximately half of said strands of wire having been separated from said core and remaining strands of wire, shifted relative to said core and remaining strands of wire a predetermined distance and rewoven with said core and remaining strands of wire into a continuous loop, the first and second ends of said approximately half of said strands meeting along a continuous section of said core and remaining strands, the first and second ends of said core and remaining strands meeting along a continuous section of said approximately half of said strands; a first splicing sleeve surrounding said first and second ends of said approximately half of said strands and said continuous section of said core and remaining strands in tight engagement therewith and a second splicing sleeve surrounding said first and second ends of said core and remaining strands and said continuous section of said approximately half of said strands in tight engagement therewith.