Abstract:
An anchorage assembly (100) is interconnected between a support structure (90) and a safety line (160, 161). The anchorage assembly (100) routes the safety line (160, 161) about a corner and accommodates passage of a slotted coupling device movably mounted on the safety line (160, 161).
Abstract:
A fall protection system includes substantially horizontal anchoring lines and at least one trolley capable of movement along the anchoring lines. The trolley moves with an object to be secured. The anchoring lines are arranged in parallel, spaced relation. the trolley is provided with multi-part running gear which makes contact with each of the anchoring lines. Such a fall protection system is low-noise and low-vibration, and enables easy passage of the trolley along anchoring line suports, withouyt requiring extra effort and without limiting the working space and the freedom of movement of the person secured to the fall protection system.
Abstract:
A cable or other track is supported at points along its length by track support brackets that define and shape the course of the track, providing corners, curves, and other direction changes. A track-traveling element is provided that can travel along the track unimpeded by the track supports. The track support and the track-traveling element are formed to cooperate with each other so that the track-traveling element can pass by the track support brackets without manipulation. The track support has an arcuate arm having a center of curvature and an arm radius defining a circular segment. The track-traveling element has a passageway surrounding the track, a pivoting axis, and a slot communicating with the passageway. The slot is spaced from the pivoting axis by a distance substantially equal to the arm radius of the track support. The pivoting axis and the arcuate arm's center of curvature are arranged to be coincident within a predetermined tolerance, so that the slot passes the arcuate arm despite pivoting of the track-traveling element throughout a substantial range of angles about the pivoting axis. The system can be used for various purposes including carrying loads in a conveyor system, protection of a worker in a fall-arrest system, controlling an animal in an animal-tethering system, and supporting and guiding draperies.
Abstract:
A safety device in the form of a building component (3) which has a channel (1) along which a traveller (4) may move. The traveller (4) has attachment means (5) for attachment to a safety harness. The building component (3) can be in the form of a roof ridge section (6) and can have an internal or external channel along which a suitable traveller (3) can move. The building component (3) can also be in the form of a gutter section (7), roof tile (9) or other component.
Abstract:
A safety restraint system for a worker on an elevated structure has an elongated cable extending between cable supports spaced apart along the structure. The worker has a lanyard or line attached to a connector encircling the cable, whereby the worker can move along the support or ledge while restrained against falling. The connector includes a ring element with a radial slot wider than the transverse thickness of a support plate at each cable support to enable the ring element to pass through the cable support without being disconnected from cable. The slot is narrower than the cable thickness so that it is impossible for the worker to pull the ring element to draw the slot over the cable. Each ring element is slidably movable along the cable system to remove the ring from the cable system, and retractable stop means are provided at the endmost cable support to prevent inadvertent removal of a ring element from the cable system.
Abstract:
A personnel fall-arrest system including a flexible safety track (1) which is anchored in spaced relation to a fixture (2) by track anchors (4), and a coupling component (7) for connecting a worker's safety harness to the track via a safety line (8), the component (7) being freely displaceable along the track. Each of the track anchors (4) is formed so that it becomes permanently deformed if subjected to heavy loading due to a fall, thereby signalling that the system requires to be checked and re-certified before further use.