Apparatus for detachably clamping, tensioning and securing ropes, cables, wires, belts or the like

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A thick walled housing has a longitudinal hole with an end orifice that runs in the axial direction of the housing. A spring-loaded clamping unit is axially displaceable in the hole. An oblique hole in the housing obliquely opens into the longitudinal hole. The clamping unit clamps a rope fed through the end orifice of the longitudinal hole and emerging through the oblique hole. The clamping unit has an axial projection on each side. The housing has guide slots located opposite one another that guide the axial projections. The ends of the axial projections form handles that pass through and extend beyond the housing. The clamping unit consists of a front and rear roller and a bearing part …