OPERATION Of CABLE TENSION REGULATOR

~ A cable tension regulator is a mechanical device which when fitted in a cable system, allows the cable under all conditions of temperature change and structural deflections to be taken in and let out equally on each side of the circuit, thus maintaining uniform tension

~ Two compression springs in the compensating unit provide the force necessary to maintain the desired cable tension

~ A braking device allows the springs to exit their force only when the cable system is in neutral with equal tension on both cables

~ The cross head is designed to fit the locking shaft very closed but is free to slide on the shaft

~ Each quadrant is free to rotate about a common pivot, but both are kept in phase by the cross head and the two links