Hybrid rope
AssigneeDms IP Assets B.V.
InventorsPaulus Johannes Hyacinthus Marie Smeets, Christiaan Henri Peter Dirks, Lambertus Maria Jozef Tabor, Xavier Amils
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Abstract
Hybrid rope (1) having a core containing synthetic yarns (5), surrounded by an outer containing steel wire strands (5), the rope being terminated at least at one of its ends by a socket (2) having a conically shaped space (3), which has a conical angle α of between 2 and 8° and a length of between 5D and 20D, D being the smallest diameter of the conically shaped space, the core containing synthetic yarns and the steel wires having been untwisted at said at least one of the ends, the open space (6) around the untwisted wires and fibers in the hollow conical body of the socket being filled with a resin.
Claims10
A hybrid rope having a core containing synthetic yarns, surrounded by an outer layer containing steel wire strands, wherein
- the rope is terminated at least at one end thereof by a socket having a conically shaped space, and wherein
- the conically shaped space of the socket has a conical angle α of between 2 and 8° and a length A of between 5D and 20D, wherein D is a smallest diameter of the conically shaped space, and wherein
- the synthetic yarns of the core and the steel wire strands are untwisted at said at least one end thereof, and wherein
- the conically shaped space in the hollow conical body of the socket around the untwisted synthetic yarns of the core and the steel wire strands at said at least one end thereof is filled with a resin.
A process for terminating a hybrid rope having a core containing synthetic yarns, surrounded by an outer layer containing steel wire strands, comprising the steps of:
- (a) placing a socket having a conically shaped space over at least one end of the rope, wherein the conically shaped space of the socket has a conical angle α of between 2 and 8° and a length A of between 5 D and 20D, and wherein D is a smallest diameter of the conically shaped space,
- (b) untwisting the core containing synthetic yarns and the steel wire strands at said at least one end thereof, and
- (c) filling the conically shaped space in the hollow conical body of the socket around the untwisted synthetic yarns and wire strands with a resin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.