Anchor structure for brake cables and the like

Claim 1

ANCHOR STRUCTURE FOR BRAKE CABLES AND THE LIKE HAVING AN EXTERNAL SHEATHING, SAID ANCHOR STRUCTURE COMPRISING, MEANS FORMING A THIMBLE HAVING GENERALLY RIGID SIDE WALLS LYING GENERALLY ON A CYLINDRICAL SURFACE, SAID THIMBLE BEING ADAPTED TO SLIDABLY RECEIVE AND ENGAGE SHEATHING ON CABLE INSERTED THERETO, SAID THIMBLE HAVING AT ONE END AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH CABLE MAY PASS AND HAVING AT ITS OTHER END AN OUTWARDLY TURNED FLANGE, A BODY RESILIENTLY DISTORTABLE MATERIAL FIXED TO THE EXTERIOR OF SAID THIMBLE, SAID BODY OF MATERIAL HAVING TWO LONGITUDINALLY SPACED APART ENLARGEMENTS WITH AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF REDUCED DIAMETER FORMING A GROOVE ADAPTED TO FIT IN AN OPENING OF PREDETERMINED SIZE, SAID FLANGE BEING IMBEDDED IN ONE OF SAID ENLARGEMENTS AND THE CYLINDRICAL WALL OF SAID THIMBLE PROVIDING A GENERALLY RIGID INTERNAL SUPPORT FOR THE OTHER ENLARGEMENT, THE FIRST MENTIONED ENLARGEMENT HAVING A GENERALLY RADIAL SHOULDER ADJACENT SAID GROOVE, SAID OTHER ENLARGEMENT HAVING AN ALTERNATE CIRCUMFERENTIAL SERIES OF RIBS AND GROOVES SO THAT SAID OTHER ENLARGEMENT CAN BE RESILIENTLY COMPRESSED GENERALLY TO SAID DIAMETER FOR PASSING THROUGH AN OPENING SAID OTHER ENLARGEMENT HAVING ONE END SURFACE DISPOSED TOWARD SAID ONE END OF SAID THIMBLE ANGLED RELATIVELY MILDLY TO THE LONGITUDINAL EXTENT OF SAID THIMBLE OF FACILITATE COMPRESSION OF SAID OTHER ENLARGEMENT AS IT IS FORCED THROUGH AN OPENING, THE OTHER END SURFACE OF THE OTHER ENLARGEMENT BEING RELATIVELY ABRUPTLY ANGLED TO SAID LONGITUDINAL EXTENT TO FACILITATE ANCHORING SAID STRUCTURE WITHIN THE OPENING, SAID SHOULDER AND OTHER END SURFACE BEING YIELDABLY ENGAGEABLE AGAINST OPPOSITE FACES OF A MEMBER TO WHICH SAID STRUCTURE IS SECURED TO FACILITATE SECURING SAID STRUCTURE TO MEMBERS HAVING DIFFERENT THICKNESSES, SAID FIRST ENLARGEMENT HAVING A LONGITUDINAL OPENING THEREIN ALIGNED WITH THE THIMBLE INTERIOR, THE LATTER SAID OPENING BEING DIMENSIONED SO THAT THE WALLS DEFINING THE SAME FRICTIONALLY ENGAGE THE SHEATHING OF CABLE INSERTED INTO SAID STRUCTURE FOR SECURING THE STRUCTURE AND SHEATHING TOGETHER.