Rope clamp
First Claim
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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Abstract
A multipurpose rope clamp may be attached to a support or suspended from a rail as desired. The clamp provides clamping channel in an open channel between a back plate and a front tongue. Rope is prevented from slipping out of the mouth of the channel by rope guides defining open rope guide channels which open in a direction opposed to the rope gripping channel to form a partial cover for the rope gripping channel. The guides may be lugs spaced to either side of the front tongue so that a bight of rope may be manipulated behind the lugs into the rope gripping channel. Preferably another rope guide channel is provided to form a bight of rope in the clamp into a U-shape.
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7 Claims
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- 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;
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