(under subclass 86) Device for holding a bight or loop of strand-like material around a generally U-shaped wear and/or reenforcement member so that the ends of the bight may be secured together to maintain said member in said bight.
(1) Note. This subclass represents an art collection of patents to a cable-splicing device (which patents vary as to structural details though all meet the criteria set forth in class and subclass definition above) limited by claim to the means for holding cable around a thimble.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
57, Textiles: Spinning, Twisting, and Twining,
22+, for patents for splicing devices and see search notes thereunder.
