Patent ID: 6418592
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: F16G,Y10T

Abstract:
A rope gripper comprising a body defining a passage into which a rope to be gripped may be inserted, and at least one jaw displaceably mounted adjacent the passage and biased towards a position in which it engages an inserted rope, the at least one jaw being shaped and mounted such that movement of an inserted rope in one direction relative to the passage drives the jaw towards a position in which the rope is jammed within the passage and movement of the rope in the opposite direction drives the jaw to a position in which the rope can slide past the jaw, the passage having a first section which extends from a rope receiving aperture at one end of the body to a second section which extends to an exit aperture on one side of the body, the first section and second section being in a generally V-shaped angular relationship to one another, and a connection portion is provided at the end of the body remote from and co-axial with the receiving aperture for connecting the body to a further device.