Rope end termination device
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Apr 7, 1998
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Aug 23, 1994
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Aug 23, 1994
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A device and a method for terminating a rope or a bundle of ropes. The device comprises a housing member having a frusto-conical bore for accommodating hollow member which, in use, wedgedly retain rope ends or rope end portions within the housing. The hollow members are located in juxtaposed relationship within the housing, each hollow member having a conically shaped member which traps a rope end or rope end portion within its respective hollow member. The device is designed for terminating ropes of large diameter or bundles of ropes which collectively have a large diameter. The device is shaped or has means to enable it to be secured to a fixture such as a seabed anchorage. The device may, however, be provided as a means of connecting two ropes of large diameter and as such comprises two of the rope end terminating devices fixed in back to back relationship.
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