Rope Eye Splice and Systems, Apparatus & Methods for Forming an Eye in a Rope
AssigneeRichardson Capex, LLC
InventorChristopher L. Richardson
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Abstract
Various embodiments of a spliced-connection for creating an eye in a rope having an eye portion at one end, a transition rearward of the eye portion and a body rearward of the transition, are formed with at least one strand extending through the eye portion of the rope toward the forward end of the rope and at least one other strand extending through the eye portion in the opposite direction. At least one strand, at or near its forward end, is returned into the transition.
Claims20
A spliced-connection for forming an eye in a rope, the rope constructed of multiple strands and having a diameter, forward and rear ends, an eye portion at its forward end, a transition rearward of the eye portion and a body rearward of the transition, each strand itself having respective forward and rear ends, the spliced-connection comprising:
- at least a first strand of the rope extending through the entire eye portion in the direction of the forward end of the rope;
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- at least a second strand of the rope extending through the entire eye portion of the rope in the direction of the rear end of the rope,
- wherein at least one strand, at or near its forward end, is returned into the transition of the rope.
A spliced-connection for forming an eye in a rope, the rope constructed of multiple strands braided together, each strand occupying its own unique path in the rope relative to the other strands, the rope including an eye portion at the forward end of the rope, a transition rearward of the eye portion and a body rearward of the transition, each strand having a forward end and being originally oriented in the rope facing in the direction of the forward end of the rope, the spliced-connection comprising:
- first and second pluralities of the strands extending through the eye portion of the rope and, at or near their respective forward ends, terminating in the transition, each among the first plurality of strands extending undisturbed through the eye portion in its original orientation toward the forward end of the rope and each among the second plurality of strands being reverse-oriented through the eye portion, each strand of the second plurality having been removed from the eye portion and returned into its original path through the eye portion to face the rear end of the rope.
A method of forming an eye in a rope, the rope constructed of multiple strands and having forward and rear ends, an eye portion at its forward end, a transition rearward of the eye portion and a body rearward of the transition, each strand itself having respective forward and rear ends, the method comprising:
- reverse-orienting a first plurality of the strands of the rope through the entire eye portion of the rope;
- leaving a second plurality of the strands of the rope undisturbed, each strand of the second plurality remaining in its original position and orientation in the eye portion of the rope;
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- returning at least one strand, at or near its forward end, into the transition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.