US357664A - Clip for wire-rope ways - Google Patents

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A. S. HALLIDIE. CLIP POR' WIRE ROPBWAYS.

No. 357,664. Patented Feb. 15,', 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

f ANDREW s. HALLIDIE, or sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CLIP FOR WIRE-ROPE WAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part; of Letters Patent No. 357,664, dated February 15, 1887. Application filed September 29, 1886. Serial No. 214,853. (No model.)

`To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW S. HALLIDIE, of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Clips for WireBope Vays; and I hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the saine. Y

My invention relates to a means for attaching the conveyer or carrier of an endless-wirerope way to the traveling wire rope, the same being employed as an aerial ropeway.

It consists of a clip formed by inserting a short bar or shank within the rope in place of the central core, and a thin plate secured to said bar and extending outward through the Space between two strands and re-enforced or strengthened, so that the bucket or conveyer may be attached to this plate and suspended from the rope.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanation of my invention, Figurelis an endview showing a transverse section of the rope,with the core or shank and the connecting-plate. Fig. 2 is a plan of the rope cut off transversely in line with the center of the suspendingplate, and showing one end of the bar which is inserted in the rope and the plate extending therefrom. Fig. 3 shows an end view of the bucket, its suspending-arm, the rope, and the connecting link or plate. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same.

This invention is designed to be used in connection with what are known as aerial ropeways,77 andit is designed to take the place of the band connection or clamp which has hitherto been used to attach the hanger by which the bucket or carrier is supported tothe traveling rope.

In this invention, A' is the rope or cable, preferably made of wire, and in the present case shown as having six strands and a vcentral core. B isa short bar or rod, made of about the same diameter as the central core, and having such a length that when it is placed within the rope the strands will form a spiral extending partially around it from one end to the other suliiciently to preventits being taken out between the strands. C is a thin blade or shank which is. connected with the rod or bar B, projecting outward from it, and standing at such an angle with the bar that itwill pass between any two strands of the rope, the angle of this plate being the same as the spiral formed bythe strands. This plate may be attached to the bar by welding; or it may be -fornied with it; or it may be formed in any suitable manner. It projects out to one side,

as shown, having at its outer end the usual- Vbar B to be inserted in its place, the shank or blade C extending out between two strands of the rope, which is afterward twisted into shape again, and as the position of the blade or shank C corresponds with the spiral twist ofthe strands of the rope, it will be manifest that it will pass out between the strands without separating them to an injurious extent. At the same time the length of the bar B is such that the spirals of the strands will pass diagonally around it to a greater or less eX- tent, and will thus prevent its slipping out between the strands. By this construction I provide a very secure and effective method of connectin g the bucket or carrier with the rope.

I am aware that in cable railways it has been suggested to connect two cables by crossstops having their ends embedded within the strands of the cables, with the portions of the cross bars where they. enter between the strands widened and made thinner, and I do not broadly claim this. As but one end of my clip is supported, it is necessary that it be supported in the strongest manner possible by the strands of the wire rope, and by forming the clip at its junction with the metal core on an angle corresponding to the twist of the strands I secure a clamping effect upon the metal of the plate C in addition to the hold of the strand upon the core B.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

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1. An arm or clip connected atone end with with a hanger or carrier supported from the other end, substantially as described.

2. A device for attaching a carrier or conveyer to an aerial traveling rope, consisting of an arm orplate having at one end a bar or shank which is nXed within the rope in place of the core7 and at the opposite end a shaft at right angles with this bar, from which the earrierarm depends, substantially as described.

3. A Cylindrical piece of metal inserted into the center of a wire rope and in place of the core thereof, in combination with a thin plate of metal projecting from the bar at an angle corresponding to the twist of the strands of which the rope is composed, whereby the said 15 plate is clamped by the strands7 substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ANDREW S. HALLIDIE.

`Witnesses:

LINCOLN SONNTAG, S. H. NoURsn.

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