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Extended wedge socket assembly

  • US 5,553,360 A
  • Filed: 05/19/1995
  • Issued: 09/10/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A wedge socket assembly, comprising:

  • a wedge socket having,an elongated, longitudinal hollow basket having a large opening at a first end, a small opening at a second end, and an interior cross-section tapering from said large opening to said small opening, anda pair of jaws connected to said basket and extending from opposite side of said first end, said jaws each having a transverse opening therethrough, said openings being aligned with one another;

    first pin means for insertion through said pair of openings, and first retaining means for retaining said first pin means in said pair of openings;

    a unitary wedge, having,a wedge portion having a large end and a small end, said wedge portion being of substantially the same shape as said interior of said basket, and having a peripheral groove to receive a wire rope therearound creating, beyond said small end, a live end and a dead end,said wedge portion having an extended portion connected to said small end of said first wedge portion and having a transverse opening therein, said extended portion being sized such that when said wedge is positioned within said basket said extended portion extends beyond said small opening at said second end; and

    a first wedge retaining means for insertion into said transverse opening in said extended portion, and second retaining means for retaining said wedge retaining means in said opening in said extended portion.

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