(under subclass 115) Devices specialized for gripping or holding cords or ropes which are formed from a plurality of strands twisted together or otherwise assembled into a unitary structure. These devices are characterized by having a structure or mode of operation (a) which requires or causes the separation (as by untwisting, bending back, etc.) of the individual strands of the cord, rope, or cable, or (b) in which individual strands of a cord, rope, or cable are separately gripped or held.
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122.3, for similar devices when some of the strands of the cord, rope, or cable are arranged to form an armor or covering for a central core.
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174, Electricity: Conductors and Insulators,
74, 90 for connectors and terminal devices for plural-strand electrical conductors. 439, Electrical Connectors, appropriate subclasses for electrical connectors, per se, having in many instances structure similar to that provided for in Class 24 and often specially designed to grip or hold a plural-strand conductive cable, or wire, and see the class definition of that class (439), section IV for the line between Classes 24 and 439.
