Choker straightener

摘要

A straightener for bent and kinking wire rope, including log chokers and like cables, has a base member divided into a pair of mounting surfaces disposed at an acute angle with respect to one another. On one of the mounting surfaces of the base member is arranged two laterally spaced, longitudinally extending cable support members provided with opposed recesses for receiving a length of cable, with the bent portion of the cable being placed between the support members. A lever actuated by a power assembly mounted on the other of the mounting surfaces of the base member swings between the support members to straighten the bent portion of the cable, and the like.