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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2006
Medi Mohtasham, Manchester, GB;
Hamed Faridfar, Lancashire, GB;
Medi Mohtasham, Manchester, GB;
Hamed Faridfar, Lancashire, GB;
Idem Safety Switches Limited, Leigh, GB;
Abstract
A rope tensioner is used, for example, to connect a ropeunder tension to a safety switch whereby the switch operates, e.g., to turn off power to machinery guarded or bounded by the rope in the event that the rope tension departs significantly from a predetermined value. The rope tensioner ensures a firm gripping of the ropereducing risk of the ropeslipping and losing the required tension. The rope tensioner comprises to this end a housingwith passagewaysto receive the roperunning between main inlet and outlet locations and a clampto apply a clamping force transverse to the ropeat a clamping locationwithin the passageway, the passageway having sections running in opposed directions.