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Actuated wedge socket assembly

  • US 8,375,527 B1
  • Filed: 08/05/2010
  • Issued: 02/19/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An actuated wedge socket assembly which comprises:

  • a wedge socket having an elongated hollow basket with a large opening at a first end, a small opening at an opposed second end, and an open interior cross section tapering from said large opening to said small opening;

    a wedge having a large end, an opposed small end, and a peripheral groove to receive a wire rope therein; and

    a mechanism to mechanically move and seat said wedge and said wire rope in said wedge socket to a controlled depth including a fork assembly having a pair of extending legs that straddle said wedge and that react against said second end of said wedge socket, and a threaded bolt extending through said fork assembly and received in a threaded opening in said small end of said wedge.

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