Patent ID: 9186527
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A62B

Abstract:
1. Rappelling device comprising: a casing that is movable along a rope, said casing having a plate, a guide roller having a central guide roller axis extending axially through the guide roller and the guide roller axis mounted at a first fixed position to the plate of the casing, the guide roller supported rotatably at the first fixed position in the casing about the guide roller axis, a pulley supported rotatably at a second fixed position to the plate of the casing and about a central pulley axis, such that the rope, during rappelling, is held in frictional contact with a periphery of the pulley, the central guide roller axis and the central pulley axis being immovable relative to each other at all times, a centrifugal braking device for braking the pulley to maintain a predetermined constant speed of rappelling, and a coupling device for suspending a load to be rappelled, wherein the casing forms a rope channel that extends between the guide roller and the pulley and into which the rope is adapted to be placed in an extended state in a straight line, and wherein the coupling device is arranged at the casing in a position that is offset from the rope channel towards a side of the pulley.