Rigging cable cleaning device
US6193809A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 13, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB08B1/30
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A rigging cable cleaning device primarily, although not exclusively, adapted for use on sailboat rigging cables, such as main sail cables, lanyard cables, and the like. The rigging cable cleaning device comprises an outer flexible fabric cover and an inner cleaning pad which can be folded or wrapped about a sailboat rigging cable. Holes with grommets are located on the ends of the outer fabric cover for receiving a releasable locking mechanism to thereby hold the cable cleaning device on a rigging cable. In this way, the device can be physically moved up and down or along the cable for cleaning same. The cleaning pad is removably attached to the inner surface of the fabric cover so that one type of cleaning pad can be substituted for another.
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