US PATENT SUBCLASS 114 / 213
TENSION RELIEVERS
Current as of: June, 1999
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DEFINITION
Classification: 114/213
Devices specific to ships having yielding parts to prevent tension or strains from rupturing some element of the combination and applied to cables, cable-stoppers, sheets, secured ends or "standing" parts, ropes, etc. The yielding means is usually rubber, spring, or fluid, which is compressed or stretched, as the case may be.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
254, Implements or Apparatus for Applying Pushing or Pulling Force,
277, for fluid or resilient shock-absorbing or tension-maintaining means attached to, supported by, or supporting guiding structure for a load hauling or hoisting cable.
267, Spring Devices,
69, and indented subclasses for tension relievers not specific to ships.
