Rope terminator

A rope terminator characterised by comprising, an elongate hollow barrel (12) formed from a fibre reinforced synthetic resin material, the barrel (12) having therein a rope receiving passage (13), and said passage having a first end region from which the rope (18) to be terminated extends in use, and an opposite, second end region, the passage tapering in internal diameter from a minimum at said first end region to a maximum at said second end region, a tapering wedge member (14) for insertion into said passage of the barrel to trap fibres (19) of the rope (18) between the outer tapering surface of the wedge member and the inner tapering surface of said passage, the wall of said passage and the surface of the said wedge member being such that the frictional drag of the rope fibers on the wall of said passage is less than the frictional drag of the fibres on the surface of the wedge member when the wedge member traps fibres against the wall of the passage, said barrel (12) having an outer surface region overlying a wider end region of said passage, said outer surface region of said barrel tapering in diameter in the same direction as the direction of taper of said region of said passage which it overlies, and, the terminator further including a hollow outer body member (11) having therein a tapering passage within which said outer tapering surface region of said barrel (12) is received, whereby said outer body member encases said outer surface region of said barrel and supports that region of the barrel against bursting loads imposed thereon by the action of said wedge member trapping rope fibres against the wall of said wider end region of said passage, and provides a means of attaching the terminated rope to an anchor point or the like in use.