Cable connector

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6173782
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09363596

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There are disclosed two embodiments of a connector for use in supporting a riser from cable which extend about sheaves intermediate the riser and a tensioning device located on a floating rig above a subsea wellhead to which the lower end of the riser is to be anchored. Each connector is of such construction that the cable may be advanced through an opening in a body of the connector in order that the wear point on the cable where it passes over the sheave may be changed from time to time without having to detach and reattached it from and to the riser.

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DRIL-QUIP INC6401 N ELDRIDGE PARKWAY HOUSTON TX 77041

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Watkins, Bruce J Houston, TX 42 1041

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