GRIPING CORDS, ROPES, CABLES AND THE LIKE
Year: 1885

page_text: I JOSEPH CARVER Whip Manufacturer of 84 Ablewell St Walsall in the County
of Stafford do hereby declare the nature of my invention for GRIPING CORDS,
ROPES, CABLES AND THE LIKE to be as follows:-
A cone shaped tube or casting the bore of which is taper, the cross section of
bore being flat, round, or any shape required to suit the cord, rope or cable it is
wanted to grip, within the bore a round ball, disk or slides are so placed that upon
the cord passing through or the end of cord being pushed in small, end bore, the
ball, disk or slides will by the action of drawing cord out of narrow end, pass along
bore with cord up toward narrow end of bore so wedging or griping the cord &c
and consequently preventing it from going farther through.

page_text: I JOSEPH CARVER Whip Manufacturer of 84 Ablewell St Walsall in the county
of Stafford do hereby declare the nature of my invention for GRIPPING CORDS,
ROPES, CABLES AND THE LIKE and in what manner the same is to be performed, to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
A cone shaped tube. or casting Figures, 1, 1 1b the bore of which is taper, the
cross section of bore being flat Fig. 3 round Fig. 2 or any other shape Fig. 4 to
suit the cord, rope, cable or the like required to grip; within the bore a round ball
Fig. 5 or disk Fig. 6 or slides Fig. 7 are so placed, that upon the cord, rope, cable
or the like being passed through, or the end of the cords being pushed in at the
small end of bore, the ball, disk, or slides will by the action of drawing the cord,
rope or cable out of the narrow end of cone, pass along the bore towards the narrow
end, so forming a wedge thereby completely staying the further drawing out of the
cord, rope, cable or the like.
Examples showing the method of using this invention. To hang a picture or
grip a blind cord, the cone is screwed to the frame of picture, or on the window
frame in a vertical position, the small end of bore at top as shown in the drawings,
a pin, or screw or other device placed across centre of bore at bottom of cone to
prevent ball or disk falling out, the picture or blind cord as now to be pushed
through the core from either end as most convenient, the ball or disk will move to
either side to allow cord to pass, the blind or picture can now be raised or lowered
at will, the grip can be made by slightly drawing the cord to the side of the cone
in which the ball or disk is situated, when the friction caused by the cord pressing
upon the ball or disk, and being drawn out of narrow end of bore by the weight
of blind or picture, the disk or bore will rise with the cord into narrow end of cone
and so form a complete wedge.
The same method may be applied to cables for small boats the cone being placed
in a horizontal position.
Or to grip the extreme end of a rope or cable a very short cone may be used the
slides being placed on the end of rope before entering the cone, in this case the cone
need not be more than one and a half or twice the length of slides.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare what
I claim is
1. That my invention is an improved system of holding or attatching cords,
ropes, cables and the like.
2. That the devise is an instantaneous fastener or grip, self acting, consequently
doing away with knotting, splicing or revitting cords ropes cables and the like.
Dated this 23rd day of February 1886
JOSEPH CARVER.