Patent ID: 6644583
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B65H,B66D

Abstract:
A wire rope tensioning device comprising:a tubular housing in two longitudinal halves; the tubular housing halves having a first set of adjacent edges and a second set of adjacent edges; and a means for joining the housing halves along each set of adjacent edges; a removable inner sleeve in two longitudinal halves, each sleeve half closely received in and lining an interior surface of a tubular housing half, the inner sleeve having an axial bore, the axial bore for receiving and slideably compressing the wire rope to be wound onto a drum; a clamp means disposed along the second adjacent edges for closing the housing halves and compressing inner sleeve halves around the wire rope received in the axial bore; and a plurality of anchoring rings, mounted on the tubular housing for fixing the housing against movement.