Year: 1885

page_text: I, HENRY GALE of Syracuse, Onondaga County, and State of New York, one of
the United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the class of cable couplings which consist of ferrules or
tubular collars linked together, and each receiving in its interior one of the ends of
the cable to be coupled, and wedges introduced between the sides of the aforesaid
portion of the cable and interior of the ferrule, complete the coupling.
My invention consists in an improved construction of a coupling of the class
aforesaid specially adapted for cable running over pulleys and designed to obviate
jars on the pulleys and danger of catching on objects which may come in contact
with the cable.
In the annexed drawing Fig. 1 is a side view of my invention; Fig. 2 is a
longitudinal section of the same; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line xx,
in Fig. 1.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
B B¹ represent the two ferrules or tubular collars which are linked together and
are each provided with the channel a which is transversely elongated.
The end of the cable A to be attached being inserted into said channel and
retained therein by. keys or wedges C C introduced with their small end foremost
into the channel at the end opposite that entered by the cable. Said keys or
wedges are provided with serrated concave faces 6 by which they embrace and
effectually gripe between them the aforesaid cable, and the greater the draft on the
cable, the tighter the hold of the said gripers.
The transverse elongation of the channel a forms the seats for the keys or
gripers CC, said seats being tapered corresponding to the taper of the wedges.
The exterior of the ferrules or collars B B¹ I taper toward opposite ends as shown
at ee in the annexed drawing.
Said bevels are essential to couplings of cables running over pulleys inasmuch as
the bevels obviate jars and the danger of catching on to obstructions which may
be in the passage of the cable. The ends of the two cables to be coupled are
inserted in the channels a of the ferrules B B at the externally bevelled ends

page_text: thereof, and the keys or wedges C C are inserted with their small ends foremost
into the opposite ends of the channels.
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When the coupled cables A A are subjected to tensile strain, the keys or wedges
are drawn farther into their correspondingly tapered seats in the ferrules, and thus
caused to gripe the cable more firmly.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
In a cable coupling of the class here described, the ferrules or collars B B¹
bevelled externally toward opposite ends substantially as described and shown for
the purpose set forth.

page_text: I, HENRY GALE of Syracuse, Onondaga County, and State of New York, one of
the United States of America, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the class of cable couplings which consist of ferrules or
tubular collars linked together, and each receiving in its interior one of the ends of
the cable to be coupled, and wedges introduced between the sides of the aforesaid
portion of the cable and interior of the ferrule, complete the coupling.
My invention consists in an improved construction of a coupling of the class
aforesaid specially adapted for cable running over pulleys and designed to obviate
jars on the pulleys and danger of catching on objects which may come in contact
with the cable.
In the annexed drawing Fig. 1 is a side view of my invention; Fig. 2 is a
longitudinal section of the same; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line x x
in Fig. 1.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
B B represent the two ferrules or tubular collars which are linked together and
are each provided with the channel a which is transversely elongated.
The end of the cable A to be attached being inserted into said channel and
retained therein by keys or wedges C C introduced with their small end foremost
into the channel at the end opposite that entered by the cable. Said keys or
wedges are provided with serrated concave faces b by which they embrace and
effectually gripe between them the aforesaid cable, and the greater the draft on the
cable, the tighter the hold of the said gripers.
The transverse elongation of the channel a forms the seats for the keys or
gripers C C, said seats being tapered corresponding to the taper of the wedges.
The exterior of the ferrules or collars B B I taper toward opposite ends as shown
at ee in the annexed drawing.
Said bevels are essential to couplings of cables running over pulleys inasmuch as
the bevels obviate jars and the danger of catching on to obstructions which may
be in the passage of the cable. The ends of the two cables to be coupled are
inserted in the channels a of the ferrules B B at the externally bevelled ends

page_text: thereof, and the keys or wedges C C are inserted with their small ends foremost
into the opposite ends of the channels.
When the coupled cables A A are subjected to tensile strain, the keys or wedges
are drawn farther into their correspondingly tapered seats in the ferrules, and thus
caused to gripe the cable more firmly.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
In a cable coupling of the class here described, the ferrules or collars B B¹
bevelled externally toward opposite ends substantially as described and shown for
the purpose set forth.