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US 2018/0002983 A1Published application
Tether System for a Safety Line
AssigneeLatchways PLC
InventorRichard Short
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Abstract
A tether system for a safety line has an elongate guide track and stay elements arranged to move along the guide track and be carried at spaced positions along the length of a tether line. The system is typically employed in a fall arrest or protection system mounted to a structure, having an ascent/descent ladder fixed to the structure, the system including a self-retracting safety line device including a safety line, mounted at height.
Claims15
A tether system for a safety line, the tether system comprising:
- an elongate guide track;
- a plurality of stay elements arranged to move along the guide track and be carried at spaced positions along the length of a tether line.
A fall arrest or protection system mounted to a structure, the system comprising:
- an ascent/descent ladder fixed to the structure;
- a self-retracting safety line device including a safety line, mounted at height;
- an elongate guide track extending along at least a part of the length of the ladder;
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- a plurality of stay elements arranged to move along the guide track and be carried at spaced positions along the length of a tether line connected to the safety line.
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