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7357224 Personal emergency escaping device from skyscrapers  
Escape device that comprises a sliding box worn by each escaping person, such that the escape device is combined with an escape cable. The sliding box comprises a supporting structure; a driven...
7207416 Reinforcement pad for protecting a swimming pool liner from becoming damaged by a swimming pool ladder  
A reinforcement pad for protecting a liner of a pool from damage caused by a user ascending and descending a pool ladder having two upper ends and two lower ends. The reinforcement pad has a...
7055653 Escape device  
A shaft with a gear and a small-diameter drum mounted and a different shaft with a gear and a large-diameter drum mounted are axially mounted in a rotatable condition across the inside of a...
7055651 Belay device  
An improved Belay Device is provided consisting of a Base ( 14 ), Rope Locking Ring ( 36 ), Cover ( 48 ), and Connecting Pin ( 58 ). The Base ( 14 ) contains a Protruding Cylindrical Core ( 18 )...
6962238 Descent controller with safety brake  
A descent controller for lowering a workman or other person along a vertically extending rope from an elevated position to a relatively lower position includes a friction device that may be in the...
6959783 Figure eight descender  
A figure eight descender for rappelling with a rope includes a first loop, a second loop, a neck connecting the first loop and the second loop, and a clip attached on the neck. The clip surrounds...
6948586 Quick release rappel device  
A rappel device is used in rapidly descending from a height using a rope and then quickly disengaging from the rope. The rappel device comprises a body having a rim which defines a rope opening...
6823966 Descender apparatus  
A descender apparatus for lowering a person in a controlled manner from a height to a relatively lower height and for use as a safety equipment for workers and mountain climbers comprising a...
6820721 Rescue apparatus  
An easy to use and easy to store rescue apparatus for lowering a person from an upper level to a lower level during an emergency. The rescue apparatus is comprised of a body harness and a decender...
6814185 Descent controller with safety brake  
A descent controller for lowering a workman or other person along a vertically extending rope from an elevated position to a relatively lower position includes a friction device that may be in the...
6732833 Descender with two-way locking lever  
A descender ( 10 ) comprising a base ( 11 ) having a connection means ( 26 ), a pivotal member ( 12 ) pivotally mounted on the base ( 11 ) about a pivot axis ( 1 ), the pivotal member ( 12 )...
6561313 Belay/rappel device for use in climbing activities and the like  
A device for controlling movement along at least one rope. The belay/rappel device comprises a main body having an open first end and an open second end. A rope securement mechanism adjacent the...
6550576 Method and apparatus for rescuing occupants from high rise building using replaceable cable cartridges and dynamic resistance device  
A rescue method and apparatus for rescuing occupants from high rise buildings includes a frame adjacent an escape portion of the building; a dynamic resistance device mounted to the frame; and a...
6446753 Method and apparatus for traversing a flexible member  
A descender includes a frame having opposing first and second plates which define a gap therebetween. Three bearing members are movably interconnected between the plates and linked to an operator....
6382355 Climbing appliance for roping-up and roping-down operations  
A climbing appliance ( 1 ) for roping persons up and down using the double rope technique is proposed, which comprises a housing ( 12 ) and a clamping jaw ( 13 ) mounted pivotally in the housing,...
6378650 Force limiting rope brake  
A force limiting rope brake includes a pair of rigid first and second side-plates in parallel overlaid array sandwiching therebetween a pivotally mounted pulley. The pulley pivots about a pivot...
6129033 Pulley-or roller-type block with lock arrangement  
A pulley- or roller-type block is provided with a lock arrangement. The block has a casing and a rolling unit mounted in the casing for clockwise and counterclockwise rolling. The rolling unit has...
6085866 Safety device for ascending and lowering processes by means of a rope  
A safety device interacts with a holding rope passing over a deflection point. A housing has a holding rope connection for connecting the housing to one part of the holding rope. A clamping jaw is...
6079518 Abseil rescue device  
An abseil rescue device comprises a pair of holders, a pair of retarders a plurality of gripper blocks, a rescue rope, at least a hydraulic cylinder, a press part, a crank seat, and a crank lever....
6059072 Abseil rescue system  
An abseil rescue system, comprising: a velocity control system with two brakes and two retarders; a rope winder with a rope; and a frame, having a base and a gallows with two height positions. The...
6029777 Descender  
A descender is disclosed which includes a base plate 10, including first and second sheaves (16, 18) and an arm defining a third sheave 28. The descender also includes means, for biasing the arm to...
6019195 Fall prevention device for vertical cable  
A fall prevention device for a vertical cable includes a body with a gutter for guiding the cable. The body supports a pin on which is articulated a lever one end of which ends in a cam which can...
5975243 Jamming device for rope and alike  
Jamming devices for rope comprise a casing (2) consisting of two pallely, one above the other situated flanges (3, 4) between which are perpendicularly mounted the first and the second pulleys (12,...
5884726 Adjustable descending device for emergency escape  
An emergency escape device is composed of a cap, a cylindrical main body, a conical movable body, and a rope. The cap is provided with an operation pin and a plurality of movable handles capable of...
5873432 Abseil rescue system with velocity control system  
An abseil rescue system with a velocity control system, allowing a user to descend on a rope, comprising two holders, two brakes, two retarders, and a frame. The retarder and the brake grip the...
5860493 Fall preventing mechanism for safety lines  
A principal guide-plate (12a) is bent adjacent a first edge (13a) to define a retention groove (9) extending along an axis (y,y'). A secondary guide-plate (12b) is mounted parallel to the principal...
5850893 Self-locking descender for a rope with an operating lever  
A self-locking descender for a rope comprises a pulley in the form of a rotary cam designed to press the rope against a braking surface of a stud. The pulley is mounted on an operating plate...
5690187 Life-saving travel bag  
A life-saying travel bag includes a suitably long, wide and durable rope sewn with a zipper on each side such that the rope forms a substantially cylindrical bag when the side zippers are closed. A...
5671822 Self-belaying descending apparatus  
A self-belaying descending apparatus (10) comprising a descending control device (12), a safety line (30) and a body support (50) that can consist of a waist belt (74). The apparatus (10) functions...
5664640 Ascending cam  
An improved cam for use in a rope gripping device features a concave cam working surface. Gear-like teeth, each having a flat top are placed perpendicular to the rope inside the concave cam working...
5597052 Descender  
A descender 10 having a resistance feed arrangement 14, 15 for a rope 5, a self-acting brake (12, 14, 15, 18) to automatically apply a braking force to the rope 5 in certain circumstances such as...
5577576 Disengageable descender with self-locking of the rope  
The invention relates to a self-locking descender wherein the pulley in the form of a cam is equipped with a drive finger cooperating with a mechanism having a transmission rod movable between an...
5379858 Compact emergency descender system  
A descender system includes an elongated strap of sufficient length to lower a person from a danger area to a safe area. The descender system includes a harness adapted to support a person...
5238084 Safety device for climbing ladders  
A safety device for climbing ladders which has a body member with a rail receiving portion which is formed of cast metal such as aluminum and has a rail receiving opening which is at least...
5234075 Fire escape apparatus  
A central conduit includes a plurality of spaced first and second support housings mounted to the conduit, with the first and second housings pivotally mounting a respective first and second brake...
5156240 Rope grab  
The rope grab safety device of the present invention releasably attaches a workman's safety belt lanyard to a vertically extending safety rope. The device includes a primary frame assembly...
5145036 Self controlled safety descent retarder  
A new and improved descent retarding device having a main U shaped steel frame (7) allowing a short, light, design. There are five aluminum or steel cross bars (3) (4) (5) which act as friction...
5145028 Life-saving device for people in tall buildings  
A life-saving device includes a reel wound with rope or steel wire accommodated within a housing which has a lower portion for supporting the user. The housing has a plurality of connecting rods...
5094171 Cable guided platform escape vehicle with tubular frame construction  
A platform escape vehicle, particularly for rapid escape of a derrickman from his monkey-board on a drilling rig, consisting of two sheaves with double grooves mounted on parallel shafts, to take a...
5054577 Self-jamming descender for a rope with two jamming positions  
A self-jamming descender for a rope comprises a first base flange equipped with an articulation spindle and a first fixed pulley, a mobile support plate with an operating lever pivotally mounted on...
5029669 Rope climbing and sliding device  
A device for ascending and descending following a vertically disposed rope comprises a handle assembly including a pair of handles, a stirrup asssembly including a pair of foot-holds and a harness...
4909349 Emergency descending device  
This invention relates to an emergency descending device having a life line, one end of which is adapted to be fixed at a high position, the other end of which is adapted to be extended to a low...
4714137 Building safety rescue device  
A building safety survival rescue cable device includes a large pulley having two pulley halves which are biased toward each other for guiding the rescue device over a cable that is strung from a...
4603755 Rappel line clamp and harness  
The present invention relates to a rappel line clamp and harness with which the descent down a rope may be readily controlled. The rappel line clamp and harness of the present invention includes a...
4580658 Device for lowering a person or a load on a rope  
A device for lowering a person or a load on a rope which automatically arrests further movement of the person or load on the rope regardless of which direction the rope passes through the device,...
4556123 Patient evacuation system from a multistory structure  
An evacuation system for nonambulatory patients from a multistory hospital or the like. A trackway is secureable to a wall of a stairwell and includes a hanger rail support. A hanger is rotatably...
4476956 Slide for frictional engagement with flexible descent line  
A slide for frictionally engaging a flexible line to control a person's descent along the line. An outer shell has a helical opening in one side with a longitudinal offset at its lower end for...
4448281 Fire escape device  
A fire escape device in the form of an elongated flexible member adapted to be mounted at its upper end to a building structure, or the like and a slide mounted on the flexible member having a...
4442918 Emergency escape device  
An escape device for allowing an endangered person to be safely lowered from a drilling tower or other elevated structure includes an automatic brake which controls the descent of a trolley...
4399889 Load lowering apparatus  
A lightweight apparatus for lowering a load at a controlled rate utilizes an elongated load-carrying strand and a slider assembly mounted on the strand to support a load for controlled downward...
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