Rope Stopper System
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United States of America Patent
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Issued Date -
May 21, 2015
app pub date -
May 7, 2013
filing date -
Jun 13, 2012
priority date (Note) -
Abandoned
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Abstract
A rope stopper system for a fibre rope (30) is described, where a rope stopper (10) is placed on a deck of an anchor handling vessel (50) or the like, and is arranged to grip and secure the fibre rope (30), that runs through the rope stopper (10), in connection with reshackling and the like. The rope stopper (10) comprises a frame (12) equipped with at least three rotary stopper elements (14), where the stopper elements (14) are arranged in an opening (16) in the frame (12), said opening (16) is a through-running opening to receive the fibre rope (30), and where the stopper elements (14) in the opening are placed about the through-running fibre rope (30), and also that the surface of said stopper elements (14) is equipped with a contact surface (24) which, during rotation of the stopper elements, is arranged to lock the fibre rope (30) and that the contact surface is arranged at a point on the outer surface (26) that lies further away from the bearing point (20) of the stopper element than at least the most of the other points in the outer surface (26) of the stopper element.
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