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Rope clamp

  • US 6,094,783 A
  • Filed: 06/08/1999
  • Issued: 08/01/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A rope clamp optionally attachable to a support comprising a molded unit comprising a back carrier plate having an integral parallel front tongue spaced therefrom defining a substantially straight open rope gripping channel therebetween;

  • an inner face of the front tongue and an inner face of the back plate being provided with converging clamping ribs to narrow said open rope gripping channel towards a channel base thereof;

    the back carrier plate extending to either side of the front tongue and having a rope guide to each side of the front tongue, one of the rope guides defining an open rope entry channel opposed to said open rope gripping channel and the other of the rope guides defining a rope exit channel opposed to said open rope gripping channel to guide the rope between the clamping ribs, each of the rope guides being spaced from the front tongue by a distance sufficient to pass a bight of rope between said tongue and the respective rope guide for engagement or disengagement in said open rope gripping channel.

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