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Wire rope

US4219995A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 7, 1978
Grant dateSep 2, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 7, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD07B2205/3085
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A wire rope is formed by twisting two different metal wires which vary from each other by at least 50% in their loss factors. The two different metal wires are combined in two embodiments: first, wires of steel material and wires of titanium containing material, or secondly, wires of a steel material and wires of chromium stainless steel material. In a preferred embodiment, a wire rope is formed by twisting a plurality of strands around a center core and two different metal wires as described above are employed to form the strands.

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