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US 12,372,137 B2Granted
Device for termination of a rope
OwnerNeil Schulzinventor
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Abstract
A device for termination of a rope comprises a cylinder extending longitudinally from a base to a cone or pyramid, wherein the cylinder defines at least one channel for receiving a pair of subropes substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. It can be used for termination of rope manufactured from synthetic fibres or constructed from multiple subropes.
Claims20
A device for termination of a rope which comprises a cylinder extending longitudinally from a base to a cone or pyramid, wherein;
- (a) the cylinder defines at least one channel for receiving a pair of subropes substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder;
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- (b) the cylinder is a solid cylinder or tubular;
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- (c) the cylinder has a circular cross section or an oval or polygonal cross section;
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- (d) the cone or pyramid tapers to a point or the cone or pyramid is a frustocone or frustopyramid;
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- (e) the cylinder defines a plurality of channels substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder;
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- (f) an opening is defined at each end of the channel and the openings are located diametrically opposite each other on the cylinder;
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- (g) each channel is curved between the openings, wherein the curve extends towards the base of the cylinder between the openings;
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- (h) each channel is located along a diameter of the cylinder;
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- (i) each channel is defined by a wall having a substantially circular cross section;
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- (j) each channel defines a bearing point.
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A method for terminating a rope, which comprises the steps of:
- providing a device which comprises a cylinder extending longitudinally from a base to a cone or pyramid, wherein the cylinder defines at least one channel for receiving a pair of subropes substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder,
- milking back an outer jacket and/or filter if fitted, from the end of the rope,
- splitting the rope into pairs of subropes,
- placing the subropes of each pair in the channel(s) of said device, and splicing each pair together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.