Safety clamp appliance
OwnerPeter E. Gibbsinventor
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Abstract
A safety clamp appliance is disclosed formed of a cable or rope housing having opposed hinged walls for opening to receive a rope and a generally U-shaped cross-section, the housing interior being adapted with a rope slide to receive a safety rope, a brake lever having a pivot point, a brake surface and a handle for attachment to a climber's belt. The brake lever is pivotally mounted in the housing. An actuating spring is provided for spring loading the brake lever, thereby maintaining a constant pressure by the brake surface on the rope. The actuating spring is provided with a quick release fastener to disconnect from the brake lever for converting the safety clamp appliance from a spring loaded mode to a non-spring loaded mode.
Claims9
A safety clamp appliance, comprising:
- a housing having parallel first and second side walls and a U-shaped rear wall, said housing being longitudinally slidable on a safety rope;
- said U-shaped rear wall having a hinged means to pivot said first side wall to open said housing to remove a safety rope from said housing;
- said first side wall having a rope slide means perpendicular to said first side wall to guide a safety rope through said housing where said rope slide means is in said housing and above said hinge means of said U-shaped rear wall when said side walls are parallel;
- a brake lever means having a brake means end and a handle end with a pivot point intermediate said ends, an actuating spring connected at one end to said handle end and connected at the other end to said housing, where said brake lever means being pivoted by said actuating spring into constant engagement with the safety rope pressing the safety rope against the guide means;
- a disconnect means for disconnecting said actuating spring thereby changing said safety clamp appliance from being spring loaded to being non-spring loaded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.