Ascender/descender appliance for climbing and descending on a rope

摘要

#$%^&*AU2011202960B220160512.pdf#####11 Abstract An ascender/descender appliance for ascending and descending on a rope comprising a body 11 having attachment means designed to be connected to 5 the user's harness and a clamping device able to be released on load. The clamping device is arranged outside the body 11 and comprises a chain of metal links 18 constituted by a succession of friction elements 19 articulated on one another by connecting rods 21 to form a series of gaps 22 for the rope 23 to pass in zigzag manner. Means are associated with the top link 24 10 to trigger clamping of the ascender device. (Figure 1)1/8 23 223 25 19 19 22 21 EX2 14 EX 14 12 1515 16 FIG 1 FIG 2