EP2042401A1 - Seilrollenträger - Google Patents

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EP2042401A1
EP2042401A1 EP08165004A EP08165004A EP2042401A1 EP 2042401 A1 EP2042401 A1 EP 2042401A1 EP 08165004 A EP08165004 A EP 08165004A EP 08165004 A EP08165004 A EP 08165004A EP 2042401 A1 EP2042401 A1 EP 2042401A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B61—RAILWAYS
    • B61B—RAILWAY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT THEREFOR NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B61B12/00—Component parts, details or accessories not provided for in groups B61B7/00 - B61B11/00
    • B61B12/02—Suspension of the load; Guiding means, e.g. wheels; Attaching traction cables
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63G—MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; SIMILAR DEVICES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENT
    • A63G21/00—Chutes; Helter-skelters
    • A63G21/22—Suspended slideways

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  • the object of the present invention is a pulley block for the movement and/or aerial transport of a body along a support cable, particularly a pulley block intended to be used on the so-called "zip-lines", for example, in adventure parks.
  • the known pulley blocks comprise a main structure consisting in a U-shaped plate to which pulleys are rotatably connected, which are adapted to roll along a support cable.
  • a removable carabiner can be connected to the main structure, which carabiner is connected to the main plate by inserting it into openings obtained on two opposite flanges of the U-shaped plate.
  • the carabiner serves the function of connecting the pulley block, for example, to a belt which, in turn, can be connected to a harness of the pulley block user, who is thus hanging on the support cable.
  • the carabiner can also serve the function of avoiding the accidental disengagement between support cable and pulley block.
  • a safety rope is provided in some types of known pulley blocks, which permanently connects main structure and carabiner.
  • means are provided which essentially rigidly connect carabiner and main structure, for example, threaded connecting means.
  • a further drawback of the known pulley blocks consists in that, in case the support cable accidentally disengages the pulleys, the pulley block tends to overturn, thus rotating around the same support cable. In such situation, to restore to the pulley block proper operative position can turn out to be extremely difficult.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a pulley block which at least partially overcomes the drawbacks cited with reference to the prior art.
  • object of the present invention is to provide an improved safety pulley block, in which the risk of an accidental detachment of parts, particularly parts which are adapted to support the body to be moved, is reduced, and in which the difficulties in restoring the pulley block proper operative conditions, in the event that the latter is at incorrect positions relative to the support cable which supports it, are also reduced.
  • Fig. 6a is a side, schematic view according to the arrow B of the pulley block of Fig. 1 in two different use conditions;
  • Fig. 6b is a further side, schematic view, from the same angle of the pulley block in Fig. 6a , in one of the use conditions illustrated therein.
  • a pulley block for the movement and/or the aerial transport of a body along a support cable is indicated by the reference numeral 1.
  • the pulley block 1 is adapted for use on so-called "zip-lines", for example, in adventure parks.
  • the body to be moved and/or transported along the support cable can be, for example, the body of a pulley block 1 user.
  • the pulley block 1 comprises a main structure 2 defining a cable seat 3 adapted to receive at least a portion of such support cable therein.
  • the main structure 2 comprises a support body 4, and a closure arm 5 which is preferably rotatably connected to the support body 4 (alternatively, the closure arm 5 can be connected to the support body 4 in a different way, for example, slidably).
  • the closure arm 5 can move, relative to the support body 4, between an opening position and a closure position, particularly it can rotate relative to the support body 4 around a rotation axis of the arm E.
  • the cable seat 3 takes an open configuration, and it becomes possible to insert or withdraw the support cable therein or therefrom.
  • the closure arm 5 is in the closure position thereof (in this regard, see for example Fig. 6a , solid line)
  • the cable seat 3 takes a closed configuration, therefore the support cable insertion or withdrawal in or from the cable seat 3 are prevented.
  • a high safely level of the pulley block is achieved, particularly, accidental withdrawals of the support cable, which could result in serious consequences for the pulley block 1 user, are avoided during the pulley block 1 use.
  • the connection, particularly the rotating connection, between closure arm 5 and support body 4 makes the insertion operation of the support cable into the cable seat 3 particularly easy, which operation can be performed also with only one hand by the pulley block user.
  • the pulley block 1 comprises one or more, preferably two, pulleys 6 associated to the support body 4 and engageable by the support cable, particularly when this is received into the cable seat 3.
  • the pulleys 6 are circumferentially U-shaped, so as to form a notch 8 adapted to receive the same support cable.
  • the pulleys 6 are preferably rotatably connected to the support body 4, so as to be able to roll along the support cable, thereby allowing the pulley block 1 to slide along it.
  • the pulleys 6 can be rigidly connected to the support body 4, or can be formed as a single piece with it, so as to form fixed shoes adapted to slide along the support cable.
  • the pulleys 6 further define a cable straight line R along which the support cable portion engaging the pulleys 6 is essentially arranged.
  • the pulleys 6 are preferably so arranged and shaped that the cable straight line R is essentially parallel to the arm rotation axis E.
  • the pulley block 1 further comprises an auxiliary seat 7 adapted to support suitable means for the connection of the pulley block 1 to the body to be moved (not shown in the Figures).
  • suitable means can comprise a belt for the connection to a harness which is worn by the pulley block 1 user.
  • the auxiliary seat 7 is advantageously distinct from the cable seat 3, where the term "distinct" is to be meant not only in a physical sense, but also in the functional sense. For example, therefore, not only two seats not communicating with each other, but also two seats which are interconnected, for example, through slots or notches, but not allowing the passage of pulley block functional elements from a seat to another one, for example, of the support cable or the connection belt, are to be considered distinct. In this manner, the risk is reduced that the support cable, received into the cable seat 3, and the pulley block 1 connection belt to the body to be moved and/or transported, instead received into the auxiliary seat 7, can interfere with each other.
  • auxiliary seat 7 is distinct from the cable seat 3 makes it possible to locate the two above-mentioned cable and auxiliary seats in particularly advantageous mutual positions.
  • the cable seat 3 and the auxiliary seat 7 are mutually arranged so that, in use conditions, downward loads applied in the auxiliary seat 7 urge the cable seat 3 closure.
  • the cable seat 3 and the auxiliary seat 7 can be mutually arranged so that, under use conditions, following the pulleys 6 disengagement by the support cable, downwards loads applied in the auxiliary seat 7 urge a re-establishment of the pulleys engagement by the support cable 6, for example, in the event of an accidental overturning of the pulley block.
  • the terms "top” and “bottom” or the like are to be referred to the direction of the acceleration of gravity G, intended as the vector having a top-bottom direction, as illustrated in the Figures.
  • use conditions" of the pulley block refers to the conditions in which the pulley block is supported by the support cable, and supports according to the described modes the body to be moved and/or transported.
  • the auxiliary seat 7 comprises a slot 10, preferably having an essentially elliptical shape, passing inside an auxiliary protuberance 9 of the main structure 4.
  • the slot 10, which extend along a slot axis D, is adapted to receive the means for the connection of the pulley block 1 with the body to be moved. For example, it is possible to make so that the above-cited connection belt to the harness of the pulley block 1 user passes through the slot 10.
  • the auxiliary protuberance 9 is made in a single piece with the closure arm 5.
  • the auxiliary protuberance 9 is arranged in the proximity of a connection zone 11, where the connection between closure arm 5 and support body 4 is performed.
  • the auxiliary protuberance 9 projects from the main structure 2, still more preferably it projects downwards, so as to be facing the body to be moved, so that the connection means of the pulley block 1 to the body to be moved do not hinder other pulley block 1 parts.
  • the slot axis D and the arm rotation axis E are mutually essentially parallel, therefore defining an arm between the loads applied in the slot 10, for example, due to the load of the body to be moved, and a fulcrum defined by the arm rotation axis E.
  • the auxiliary protuberance 9 and the slot 10 are advantageously arranged, relative to the arm rotation axis E, so that the loads applied in the slot, which, under the standard use conditions are facing downwards due to the action of the force of gravity G, urge the closure arm 5 to move closer to the closure position thereof.
  • the slot 10 is in such a position that the forces usually acting thereon spontaneously tend to close or maintain the closure arm 5 in the closure position. Consequently, the application of loads on the pulley block 1 increases the safety of the latter, since these loads have the effect of firmly maintaining the cable seat 3 in the closed configuration.
  • the support body 4 comprises a first side flange 12, and a second side flange 13, mutually opposite and facing one another, preferably mutually essentially parallel.
  • the first flange 12 supports the closure arm 5, which is advantageously hinged thereto, so as to rotate around the arm rotation axis E.
  • the first flange 12 preferably has a higher length that that of the second flange 13. The different length of the first flange 12 and the second flange 13 makes the support body 4 to form an access opening 14 to the cable seat 3 in the open configuration thereof.
  • the closure arm 5 is advantageously so configured as to connect the first 12 and the second 13 flanges, particularly their ends 15 and 16, respectively, when it is in the closure position thereof, so as to close the access opening 14 to the cable seat 3.
  • the first flange 12 may have a through withdrawal opening 17.
  • Such withdrawal opening 17 serves the function of allowing the closure arm 5 at least partially projecting from the main structure 2 outer part, particularly the first flange 12 outer part, when it is in the closure position thereof (in this regard, see for example the figure 6a , dotted line, and 6b).
  • the support cable insertion and withdrawal operations in and from the cable seat 3 are promoted, since, thanks to the higher available angular travel of the closure arm 5 between the closure and opening positions thereof, also the maximum width of the access opening 14 to the cable seat 3 increases as a result.
  • the closure arm 5 comprises a coupling portion 18 adapted to fit in a through coupling opening 19 of the second flange 13 when the closure arm 5 is in the closure position thereof.
  • such coupling portion 18 has a toothed profile, which comprises a tooth 20 adapted to insert in the coupling opening 19, and a bottom 21, into which a portion of the second flange 13 end 16 can insert. Thanks to the presence of such coupling portion 18 with a toothed profile, the downwards loads acting on the auxiliary seat 7 are unloaded on both flanges 12 and 13 of the support body 4.
  • the latter advantageously comprises elastic means 22 acting between the support body 4 and the same closure arm 5, so as to urge the latter towards the closure position thereof.
  • the elastic means 22 comprise a spring 23 which is essentially U-shaped, and which is adapted to insert in opposite and unaligned closure arm 5 holes 24, and to slide along a first flange 12 inner face.
  • the holes 24 are preferably arranged on two outer and opposite sides 26 and 27 of the closure arm 5.
  • the first flange 12 and the second flange 13 are interconnected by a bridging member 36.
  • the bridging member 36 extends preferably astride the cable seat 3 and, still more preferably, is made in a single piece with the first flange 12 and the second flange 13, so that the main body 5 essentially takes the shape of a U-shaped plate defining the cable seat 3.
  • each of the pulleys 6 is rotatably connected at two sides to the first 12 and the second 13 flanges, respectively, and it is able to rotate around a pulley rotation axis P, which is preferably essentially orthogonal to the inner faces (that is, facing the cable seat 3) of such first 12 and second 13 flanges.
  • a pivot 28 is provided, which is connected at the two sides thereof to such flanges 12 and 13 ( Fig. 5 ).
  • the pivot 28 comprises heads 29 which are adapted to constrain the pivot 28 in the axial direction, abutting against the flanges 12 and 13 outer faces.
  • a ring 30 can be further provided, which is sandwiched between at least one of the heads 29 and the outer face of the corresponding flange.
  • the pulleys 6 can be provided therein with a bearing seat 31 which is adapted to receive a rolling bearing 32, for example, a ball bearing, connected to the pivot 28.
  • the bearing 32 can be axially locked to the pulley 6, for example, by means of an elastic ring 34 engaging a corresponding pulley 6 ring seat 33. Furthermore, the bearing 32 can be axially constrained to the pivot 28 through two spacer members 35 which are mounted on the pivot 28 and sandwiched between each of the two flanges 12 and 13 inner faces, and the two bearing 32 axially outer sides.
  • a similar connection system can be provided for the rotatable connection between closure arm 5 and support body 4.
  • auxiliary seat distinct from the cable seat, reduces the interference risk between the support cable supporting the pulley block in use and, for example, a belt connecting the pulley block to a harness worn by the user of the same pulley block.
  • auxiliary seat suitably arranged on the pulley block main structure, allow distributing the loads due to the pulley block user's weight on the closure arm in such a manner that the latter is firmly kept in the closure position thereof, therefore warding off the risk of an accidental withdrawal of the support cable from the cable seat.

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GB2522553A (en) * 2014-01-24 2015-07-29 Internat Safety Components Ltd Improvements in and relating to zipwire trolleys
EP3763425A1 (de) * 2019-07-08 2021-01-13 Zedel Riemenscheibe mit gesicherter öffnung
RU2803920C2 (ru) * 2019-07-08 2023-09-21 Зедель Полиспаст с защищенным открыванием

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KR101793203B1 (ko) 2017-05-11 2017-11-06 주식회사 챌린지코리아 활강 레포츠에 사용되는 트롤리

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US4892508A (en) * 1989-06-13 1990-01-09 Robert Ryan Safety guide support for pivoting pulley
EP1386814A1 (de) * 2002-08-02 2004-02-04 Zedel Vorrichtung mit zwei Rollen zur Nutzung als Laufwagen auf einem Seil oder Kabel

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US4892508A (en) * 1989-06-13 1990-01-09 Robert Ryan Safety guide support for pivoting pulley
EP1386814A1 (de) * 2002-08-02 2004-02-04 Zedel Vorrichtung mit zwei Rollen zur Nutzung als Laufwagen auf einem Seil oder Kabel

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GB2522553A (en) * 2014-01-24 2015-07-29 Internat Safety Components Ltd Improvements in and relating to zipwire trolleys
WO2015110781A1 (en) * 2014-01-24 2015-07-30 International Safety Components Limited Improvements in and relating to zipwire trolleys
EP3763425A1 (de) * 2019-07-08 2021-01-13 Zedel Riemenscheibe mit gesicherter öffnung
FR3098409A1 (fr) * 2019-07-08 2021-01-15 Zedel Poulie a ouverture securisee
US11560294B2 (en) 2019-07-08 2023-01-24 Zedel Pulley with secured opening
RU2803920C2 (ru) * 2019-07-08 2023-09-21 Зедель Полиспаст с защищенным открыванием

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