Apparatus and a method for use in handling a load
AssigneeDeep Tek Limited
InventorAlexander Charles Crawford
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Abstract
Apparatus and a method for use in handling a load includes a load-bearing rope (1, 19), and a mechanism for paying out and recovering the rope (1, 19). There is also a drum (3, 12, 15, 16) for holding a service cable (2, 17) with a length of the service cable (2, 17) extending from the drum (3, 12, 15, 16). A wrapping device rotates the length of service cable (2, 17) around the rope (1, 19) as the rope (1, 19) is payed out to wrap the service cable (2, 17) around the rope (1, 19), and to unwrap the service cable (2, 17) from the rope (1, 19) as the rope is recovered.
Claims20
Apparatus for use in handling a load, the apparatus comprising a load-bearing rope, a mechanism for paying out and recovering the rope, at least one service cable drum for holding a service cable with a length of the service cable extending therefrom, and a wrapping device for rotating said length of service cable around the rope as the rope is payed out to wrap the service cable around the rope, and to unwrap the service cable from the rope as the rope is recovered.
A method for-use in handling a load, the method comprising paying out a load-bearing rope and wrapping a service cable around the rope as it is payed out, and subsequently unwrapping the service cable from the rope as the rope is recovered.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.