Wire stop 1.1 for multi-strand steel cable

Abstract

A wire stop 1.1 for use with a multi-strand steel cable for securing trees and poles includes an outer body made of aluminum or another suitable soft metal with a tapered opening extending therethrough. The wire stop 1.1 also includes a tapered inner body made of stainless steel or other suitable hard metal with a central bore extending therethrough for receiving a single strand of the multi-strand steel cable therein and is sized and configured to be received in and cooperate with the tapered opening in outer body. With this construction, the multi-strand steel cable can be partially unwound and a single strand threaded through the central bore in the tapered inner body and the remaining strands can be threaded between the inner body and the outer body. The single middle strand is then bent over the tapered inner body to quickly and easily fix the wire stop on the multi-strand steel cable.

1 . The wire stop 1.1 for use with a multi-strand steel cable, the wire stop 1.1 comprising: an outer body with a tapered opening extending therethrough; a tapered inner body being sized and configured to be received in and cooperate with the tapered opening in the outer body; and wherein a multi-strand steel cable can be partially unraveled and the individual strands of the steel cable can be threaded between the inner body and the outer body, and wherein upon the application of tensile force on the steel cable, the steel cable can be held fast by the wire stop 1.1.  
   
   
       2 . The wire stop 1.1 as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the tapered inner body has a central bore extending therethrough for receiving a strand of the multi-strand steel cable therein and wherein a single strand of the steel cable can be threaded through the central bore in the tapered inner body and the remaining strands can be threaded between the inner body and the outer body.  
   
   
       3 . The wire stop 1.1 as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the tapered inner body has a frustoconical shape and the tapered opening in the outer body has a similar taper.  
   
   
       4 . The wire stop 1.1 as claimed in  claim 1  is quickly, easily, and securely fixed to the multi-strand steel cable by bending the single middle strand of the multi-strand steel cable over the internal tapered body.  
   
   
       5 . The wire stop 1.1 as claimed in  claim 1  is uniquely made of dissimilar metals so that the inner tapered body is harder than the outer body.  
   
   
       6 . The wire stop 1.1 as claimed in  claim 1  is easier to install because of  claim 4 , and holds more weight because of its unique configuration, as seen in  claim 6 , than similar inventions such as Maras (U.S. Pat. No. 3,229,341), Youngblood (U.S. Pat. No. 3,475,795), Kucherry (U.S. Pat. No. 4,055,365), Ehert (U.S. Pat. No. 3,676,899), Marchand (U.S. Pat. No. 985,915), and Fiege (U.S. Pat. No. 201,686).  
   
   
       7 . The wire stop 1.1 as claimed in  claim 1  is able because of its unique construction in  claim 5  to set easily and yet hold firmly in situations of changing tension typically found in trees or power poles when the wind blows causing the cables to slacken or tighten.