Patent ID: 9021962
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B61H,F16D

Abstract:
1. A zip-lining brake, comprising: a housing with first and second ends, the first and second ends having aligned central openings therein, the openings being sized to allow passage of a zip line through the housing; a plurality of guide plates spaced around and fixedly connected to the interior of the housing, the plurality of guide plates extending between the first and second ends, each of the plurality of guide plates defining at least one angled slot therein, an angle of each of the angled slots being the same; a plurality of wheels movably mounted between respective ones of the plurality of guide plates in association with the angled slots, such that the movements of the plurality of wheels are guided by the angled slots, the orientation of each of the angled slots being such that the plurality of the wheels are driven inward, toward a center of the housing, as they move horizontally within the housing; and couplers extending between ones of the plurality of wheels that couple and synchronize the movements of the plurality of wheels.