Rescue device
AssigneeSpanset Inter AG
InventorPeter John Ward
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Abstract
There is provided a rescue device for rescuing a person suspended from a structure, the rescue device comprising a friction device configured to be coupled to a rope, the friction device comprising an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the amount of friction acting on the rope, and a pulley unit configured to be used with the rope to form a pulley, the pulley unit comprising at least one pulley wheel and a one-way freewheel clutch coupled to the at least one pulley wheel, wherein the one-way freewheel clutch is configured to allow the at least one wheel to rotate in a first rotational direction and prevent the wheel from rotating in a second rotational direction.
Claims20
A rescue device for rescuing a person suspended from a structure, the rescue device comprising:
- a friction device configured to be coupled to a rope, the friction device comprising an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the amount of friction acting on the rope;
- a pulley unit configured to be used with the rope to form a pulley, the pulley unit comprising:
- at least one pulley wheel;
- a one-way freewheel clutch coupled to the at least one pulley wheel, wherein the one-way freewheel clutch is configured to allow the at least one wheel to rotate in a first rotational direction and prevent the wheel from rotating in a second rotational direction.
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