Rope guide

US4634078A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mannesmann AG · DE

Inventors

• Karl-Ernst Kaufmann · Wetter, DE
• Josef Saeftel · Castrop-Rauxel, DE
• Harald Bitsch · Witten, DE
• Otto Oldewurtel · Hagen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 1985
• Grant date: Jan 6, 1987
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2005

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B66D1/38
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A rope guide having a threaded guide segment and a threaded holding segment with a holddown device covering at least a part of a single rope loop on a grooved drum; the segments are made of a synthetic material and their threadings engage the groove of the drum; a slot forming element is fastened to the guide segment and the rope runs through the slot towards the drum; roller mounts are mounted by a pin on the guide segment and carry spring biased rollers forcing the rope into the drum groove.