Steel rope safety system with compacted ropes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8496231
APP PUB NO 20130037769A1
SERIAL NO

13650942

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A steel rope safety system includes at least one steel rope having at least one strand, and the at least one rope or at least one strand is compacted. Further, a method is provided for making a steel rope safety system comprising the step of providing at least two wires, the step of stranding the wires thereby forming a strand for a rope and the step of compacting the strand. The steel rope safety system includes a guardrail system having vertical poles and horizontal compacted ropes which are held in place by hooks. The steel rope safety system may include non-round shaped, such as trapezoidal shaped compacted wires. There is likewise provided the use of compacted steel ropes as impact reducing material.

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NV BEKAERT SABEKAERTSTRAAT 2 8550 ZWEVEGEM 8550

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Amils, Xavier Kortrijk, BE 14 98
King, Dale Van Buren, US 10 91

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