A TENSIONER FOR USE IN A STRING OF RACING FLOATS

摘要

1291024 Swimming pool lane-marker tensioners SWIMQUIP Inc 8 Oct 1969 [4 Feb 1969] 10937/71 Divided out of 1282479 Heading A4N [Also in Division F2] A tensioning device for use in a string of racing lane floats in a swimming pool comprises a cylindrical housing 23 with a hook 40 supported at one end for attachment to a cable supporting racing lane floats, a first threaded fastener in the form of a threaded rod 35 attached to and within the housing 23, and a second threaded fastener 44 engaged with the threaded rod 35 and attached to a hollow rod 42 which has an eye 20 for connection to the pool wall 11 by an S-hook 21 such that relative rotation of the housing and the eye 20 causes an axial pull on said cable. Ribs 24-27 attached to the housing 23 support rings 28, 28a. The body of the tensioner may be made in hard plastics.