US1458009A - Splice - Google Patents

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Patented .lune 5, 1923.

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BENJAMIN F. SPARLING, F NIONVILLE, NEW YORK.

SPLICE.

Application filed April 13, 1922.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. SPAR- LING, a citizen of the United States residing at Unionville, in the county of Grange and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Splice; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled l0 in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a method and means of splicing wires or other strand inaterial.

One important object is to provide a novel means whereby a corrugated or sinuous splicing element may have the wires or elements to be spliced woven about the same and each other.

Another important object is to provide the said sinuous element with terminal hooks to serve as abutments for coiled terminals to abut the wires or strands in order to resist separation thereof.

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in eonneetion with accompanying drawings illustrating one practical embodiment.

In said drawing Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating wire strands spliced in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2is a side elevation of the parts of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the splicing element alone.

Like reference characters designate like or similar parts in the different views.

Referring specically to the drawings, metallic wires or other flexible strand 1naterials adapted to be spliced have sections or strands thereof represented at 10. 'Io splice said strands in accordance with my invention, a splicing element is shown at 11 which is preferably corrugated or sinuous and provided with terminal hooks arranged in planes transversely of the splicing element as at 12. The particular shape Serial No. 552,366.

of the splicing element provides loops particularly designated 13. In splicing the strands 10, they are passed through the hooks 12 and interwoven as shown about the loops 13, and the strands at the loops 13 being interwoven together. Thereafter the terminals of the strands 10 are coiled and clinched against the companion strand as at 14, beyond the splicing element 11 and preferably against the hooks 12.

As a result of the construction and method described, the strands are not only interwoven together but are also interwoven about a third medium, particularly the splicing element 11. In addition the coaction between the hooks 12 and the coils 14 serves 65 to minimize separatingmovement of the strands.

Attention is called to the fact that the splicing of strands in accordance with my invention does not necessitate the use of special tools, being readily accomplished by the use of an ordinary pair of pliers.

As merely one practical embodiment has been illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the details may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I-Iaving thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In combination with strands, a splicing element of sinuous shape, said strands being interwoven with said splicing element and with each other,.and said strands being secured together.

2. In combination with strands, a splicing element. of sinuous shape, said strands being interwoven with said splicing element and with each other, said splicing element having terminal hooks to engage the strands, and each strand being secured about the other strand beyond the splicing element for abutment against said hooks.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. SPARLING.

I/Vitnesses:

ARNOTT R. HEMAUER, FRED. L. MARTIN.

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