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An equalizer socket including a socket body, a plurality of grooved wire receiving wedges removably inserted therein and at least one center wedge having a greater taper in bearing contact with the ropes of the grooved wedges, and constraining means associated with the end of the socket body for the

An equalizer socket including a socket body, a plurality of grooved wire receiving wedges removably inserted therein and at least one center wedge having a greater taper in bearing contact with the ropes of the grooved wedges, and constraining means associated with the end of the socket body for the center wedge.

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A wire rope equalizer socket comprising a relatively elongatged housing having first and second ends, means adjacent said first end for connecting said housing to chain means, an opening extending inwardly of said housing from said second end for the receipt of a pair of looped wire ropes, first and

A wire rope equalizer socket comprising a relatively elongatged housing having first and second ends, means adjacent said first end for connecting said housing to chain means, an opening extending inwardly of said housing from said second end for the receipt of a pair of looped wire ropes, first and second wedges positioned in said opening, each wedge having an outwardly-facing groove adapted to receive a loop of a wire rope, a first wire rope having a loop received in the groove of said first wedge and a second wire rope having a loop received in the groove of said second wedge, said first and second rope and said first and second wedges being disposed in side-by-side relation in said opening with said loops being coplanar and with said wedges being tapered toward said second end, a third grooved wedge in said opening in bearing relation to said first and second rope loops and being tapered toward said first end, and pin means removably mounted in said housing extending generally perpendicularly to the plane of said loops for maintaining said third wedge against longitudinal movement out of said opening but to permit lateral movement in said plane for equalizing the tension in said first and second ropes upon longitudinal outward movement of one of said loops in said opening.