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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher Alan Neighbors, Alvin, TX (US);
Mike Maples, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Syntron, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403305 ; 403267 ; 4033743 ; 241226 ;
Abstract
A device for joining the parted ends of a rope member is provided. The device comprises blocks that are epoxied to the ends of the rope member and a threaded sleeve to thread onto one of the blocks. The invention also provides a method of joining the parted ends of a rope member including the steps of epoxying a block to each end to be joined to form a splice and coupling a threaded sleeve to one of the blocks while securing the other block within the sleeve.