EP2409733A1 - Équipement d'escalade - Google Patents

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EP2409733A1
EP2409733A1 EP11172309A EP11172309A EP2409733A1 EP 2409733 A1 EP2409733 A1 EP 2409733A1 EP 11172309 A EP11172309 A EP 11172309A EP 11172309 A EP11172309 A EP 11172309A EP 2409733 A1 EP2409733 A1 EP 2409733A1
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Peter Baumgartner
Edwin Lehner
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62B—DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING
    • A62B35/00—Safety belts or body harnesses; Similar equipment for limiting displacement of the human body, especially in case of sudden changes of motion
    • A62B35/04—Safety belts or body harnesses; Similar equipment for limiting displacement of the human body, especially in case of sudden changes of motion incorporating energy absorbing means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A62—LIFE-SAVING; FIRE-FIGHTING
    • A62B—DEVICES, APPARATUS OR METHODS FOR LIFE-SAVING
    • A62B35/00—Safety belts or body harnesses; Similar equipment for limiting displacement of the human body, especially in case of sudden changes of motion
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  • the present invention relates to a via ferrata equipment to be carried by a sports climber for securing the sports climber to safety elements of an alpine via ferrata, comprising: a body attachment portion which is fastened or attachable to a climbing harness or garment of the sport climber, a releasable coupling element Coupling of the via ferrata equipment is formed with a securing element of a via ferrata, a connection assembly which connects the coupling element and the body attachment portion with each other and which has an elongated, flexible securing means, in particular security tape or the like.
  • sports climbers When using an alpine via ferrata, sports climbers usually wear a harness, such as a seat belt or a full belt, to which via ferrata equipment is attached.
  • the well-known via ferrata equipment further comprises a coupling element, usually a climbing karabiner, with which the sports climber hangs in a securing element of the via ferrata, for example a steel cable attached to the rock.
  • a safety rope Between the body attachment portion and the coupling element extends a safety rope, which allows a distance between the sports climber and the securing element of the via ferrata to ensure the necessary freedom of movement.
  • the safety ropes between the harness and the coupling elements must have a sufficient length.
  • the known means for shirring the safety rope only allow a limited shortening of the total length of the safety rope to be handled within the elasticity of the elastic sheath or the elastic band, so that the shirred safety rope still has a considerable length, which in the sporting movement on Via ferrata can be annoying and involves the risk of getting stuck.
  • a via ferrata equipment of the generic type which comprises a retractor for at least partially receiving the securing means in a rolled-up state.
  • a retractor for at least partially receiving the securing means in a rolled-up state.
  • the securing means is unrolled by manual pulling operation of the retractor, so that the via ferrata equipment is easy to use.
  • the retractor may be further configured to automatically roll up the securing means.
  • Such an embodiment has the advantage that the securing means remains substantially taut between the body attachment portion and the coupling element and does not sag even when approaching the sports climber to the rock wall. The risk of getting caught or hooked by the securing means is thus further reduced.
  • a temporarily unused securing means can be automatically rolled up and thus brought into a space-saving state without special manual operation.
  • the retractor is disposed at an intermediate portion between an end of the securing means facing the body attachment portion and an end of the securing means facing the body member, and the securing means as a continuous, continuous, rope or ribbon-like element is passed through the retractor.
  • the retractor is not an immediate safety-relevant component, since it only rolls up an intermediate portion of a continuous, continuous securing means as required and thus shortened, but releases the securing means in the event of a fall at most to its fully extended state.
  • a via ferrata equipment may comprise damping means which, in a normal condition, maintain a portion of the connection assembly in a contracted condition and, in a predetermined tensile load condition of the via ferrata equipment, expand the portion of the connection assembly to absorb energy.
  • a predetermined tensile load state is understood to mean, in particular, a fall of the sports climber, i. a condition in which the via ferrata equipment has a sudden, strong tensile load (high tractive force or high tensile speed / tensile acceleration).
  • the damping device in order to achieve the deceleration of the sport climber's fall and thus a reduction in the acceleration acting on the sports climber at the moment of tightening the via ferrata equipment, the damping device can then expand a normally contracted portion of the connection assembly to absorb energy.
  • the contracted state of the portion of the connection arrangement may be, for example, a gathered, a rolled up or a collapsed state of a damping band.
  • a braking device which is part of the retractor and which unwinding of the securing means of the retractor in a predetermined tensile state of the securing means inhibits.
  • a braking device has the effect that, in the case of a predetermined tensile load state of the securing means, in particular in the event of a fall of the sports climber, the securing means is not fully unrolled from the retractor before the pulling movement is opposed to a resistance and in particular the fall of the sports climber is stopped, but the unwinding of the securing means is stopped prematurely.
  • the fall path for the sports climber is shortened.
  • in combination with a self-rolling-up retractor can be minimized with such a braking device Fallweg.
  • the braking device can continuously reduce an unwinding speed of the securing device in the predetermined tensile load state until the locking device is completely blocked.
  • the braking device then additionally acts as a damping device to mitigate the impact force acting on the sports climber when the securing means stretches in the event of a fall.
  • the deployed length of the coupling assembly between the coupling member and the body attachment portion is between about 50 cm and about 150 cm, so that the via ferrata equipment is well adapted for conventional use on a via ferrata and the necessary freedom of movement. If the deployed length is less than about 50 cm, the freedom of movement of the sports climber is severely limited. If the unfolded length exceeds approximately 150 cm, the increase in the weight of the securing means or the correspondingly sized retractor becomes clearly noticeable, so that the suitability of the via ferrata equipment for being carried along by the sports climber is impaired.
  • a particularly good balance between the two mentioned conflicting conditions arises when the unfolded length is between about 80 cm and about 120 cm, which is approximately within the range of the arm length of a person, so that the sports climber can reach well in the range of his arm every position on the via ferrata to couple the coupling element.
  • the retractor can be arranged on an intermediate portion of a continuous securing means in order to exclude any security risk even in the event of a defect or breakage of the retractor, so that in particular a less stable and thus lighter housing can be used for the retractor.
  • An alternative solution to this may be to attach the retractor to the body attachment portion, for example, to connect a housing portion of the retractor or a winding axis of the retractor to the body attachment portion.
  • the retractor while the safety-critical element, so that measures for sufficient strength of the retractor must be taken, in return, however, the retractor can be placed very close to the body of the sports climber in such a variant, resulting in a more comfortable guidance and handling of the retractor can.
  • the body attachment portion and / or the coupling element preferably comprises a sport climbing karabiner (eg, a light metal, or a composite material), so that the via ferrata equipment is easy to carry and operate. Furthermore, the entrainment and operation of the via ferrata equipment in the sports and leisure sector is facilitated if the retractor has a housing made of a plastic material or a light metal. Conceivable are all from the field of sports anderiekletterei as well as from the field of mountain hiking or the like known materials.
  • the securing means is preferably made of a known in the field of sport climbing rope, tape or belt material, comprising in particular Textile fibers, so that it is both light and tensile.
  • the via ferrata equipment comprises a plurality, in particular two, coupling elements, to each of which a separate securing means is assigned.
  • the via ferrata equipment can then be used particularly safely when moving along the via ferrata by the sport climber is always secured with at least one coupling element in a securing element of the via ferrata while releasing at least one other coupling element from the coupling engagement with the securing element of the via ferrata and with a along the via ferrata can couple subsequent security element. Since each of the coupling elements is assigned a separate securing means, the coupling elements can be secured at a sufficient distance from each other on the via ferrata.
  • a via ferrata equipment according to the invention having a plurality of coupling elements and a corresponding plurality of securing means may comprise a plurality of separate retractors, so that each of the securing means is at least partially receivable in the rolled-up state by a separate retractor.
  • Such a via ferrata equipment can be flexibly configured, since regardless of the number of coupling elements each identical reeling devices can be used for each coupling element.
  • the securing means are at least partially receivable by a common retractor in the rolled-up state.
  • a common retractor By a common retractor, a particularly lightweight and compact via ferrata equipment can be created, which is also very easy to handle, since the sport climber always has to control only a single retractor with which a plurality of securing means are rolled up.
  • It is the common Aufrolivorraum preferably characterized by a common housing, which can be manufactured in comparison to a plurality of separate housing with reduced construction costs and smaller size.
  • the common retractor for each of the securing means on a separate bobbin so that the securing means are independently up and unrolled and extendable to the particular desired length.
  • the separate winding bodies can have axes which can be rotated independently of one another, for example in a common housing, so that a simple and compact arrangement results.
  • each of the securing means in the common retractor cooperate with a separate braking device, in particular acting on a winding body of the securing means braking device, so that the deceleration or damping can be done separately for each securing means.
  • the braking devices are preferably housed together with the associated winding bodies in a common housing of the common retractor.
  • a via ferrata equipment 10 a Gurtbefest onlysabêt 12 (body attachment portion) for attachment to a seat belt of a sports climber, a snap hook 14 (coupling element) for hooking on a not shown in the drawings securing element of a via ferrata and between Gurtbefest onlysabterrorism 12 and snap hook 14 extending connecting assembly 16 includes.
  • the Gurtbefest onlysabites 12 can through a flexible loop be formed a sufficiently strong textile tape which is securely fastened by means of a snap hook, a rope or other securing means on the belt of the sports climber.
  • the snap hook 14 may be a conventional climbing karabiner made of a light metal or other common in the field of sport climbing material and has a hook portion 18, a base portion 20 and a snapper 22 has.
  • the snapper 22 may be biased in a conventional manner by means of a spring, not shown, in a closed spring, in which it limits together with the hook portion 18 a closed carabiner opening 24 in which a securing element of the via ferrata is held in the securing state.
  • connection assembly 16 may be attached.
  • a loop 28 is provided on a user-facing, karabiner technologyen end of a securing band 26, which is threaded through an eyelet 30 of the base portion 20 of the snap hook 14 so that the securing band 26 is firmly connected to the snap hook 14.
  • the security tape 26 passes through a retractor 32, in which it is at least partially rolled up.
  • the reeling device 32 is provided with a housing 34 (in FIG FIG. 2 shown broken), which has on one side a slot-shaped opening 36 for the passage of a user facing away portion of the backup tape 26 and on an opposite side, a further slot-shaped opening 38 for the passage of a user-side portion of the backup tape 26 has.
  • an axle 40 is rotatably mounted in bearing portions 42 of the housing 34 inside the housing 34 of the retractor 32.
  • the securing band 26 is guided through a slot 44 of the axle 40, so that upon rotation of the axle 40, the securing band 26 winds around the axle 40 or from the axis 40 unwinds.
  • FIG. 3 a rolled-up state of the securing band 26 is shown, in which a plurality of layers of the securing band 26 are wound on the axle 40.
  • a spring 46 which biases the axle 40 in a rotational direction so that the retractor 32 automatically rolls up the safety belt 26.
  • FIG. 3 is illustrated as a spring 46, a coil spring, one end of which is supported on the axis 40 and the other end is supported on the housing 34.
  • a partition wall 48 may be provided between the spring 46 and the interior of the housing 34 provided for receiving the securing band 26.
  • the housing 34 is formed from two housing halves 52, 54 to be connected by means of screws 50, for example.
  • the user-side portion of the securing band 26 extends to the belt attachment portion 12 and could be directly connected thereto.
  • a strip tape damper 56 known per se is arranged between the user-side end of the securing tape 16 and the belt fastening section 12.
  • the tape folder 56 includes a cushioning band 58 having its user-distal end connected to the user-side end of the backup tape 26 and the user-side end connected to the belt attachment portion 12.
  • the damping band 58 is housed in a housing 60 of the ribbon folder 56 in the contracted state, e.g. shirred, folded or rolled, so that the two ends of the damping band 58 compared to the total length of the damping band 58 have only a small distance in the order of the housing 60 from each other.
  • the distance between the ends of the damping belt 58 remains constant.
  • tensile load breaks the housing 60 at a predetermined breaking point not shown in the drawings and allows the expansion of the damping band 58.
  • the contracted, contacting layers of the damping band 58 are additionally fixed to each other, for example a tear seam or adhesive will absorb energy not only at rupture of the housing 60 but also at further deployment of the damping band 58 so that energy of the fall is continually absorbed during extension of the band fold damper 56 and deceleration of the falling climber over a longer period Way can be done.
  • the climbing equipment 110 of the second embodiment includes two snap hooks 114a and 114b.
  • the first snap hook 114a is fixedly connected to a user facing away end of a first securing strap 126a and the second snap hook 114b is fixedly connected to a user facing away end of a second securing strap 126b separate from the first securing strap 126a.
  • the first securing band 126a passes through a first retracting device 132a
  • the second securing band 126b passes through a second profiling device 132b separate from the first retracting device 132a.
  • the user-side ends of the securing straps 126a, 126b extend to a common Gurtbefest Whilesabexcellent 112 are in particular in the exemplary embodiment with a user facing away end of a common Bandfaltdämpfers 156 firmly connected, the user-side end is attached to the Gurtbefest onlysabterrorism 112.
  • Each of the retractors 132a, 132b may preferably have the same configuration and function as the retractor 32 used in the first embodiment.
  • the two snap hooks 114a, 114b thus each have their own backup straps 126a, 126b and their own retractors 132a, 132b, but share a common one Tape folder 156 and a common belt attachment portion 112.
  • ferrata equipment 210 of the third embodiment includes two snap hooks 214a, 214b, each coupled to a separate guard band 226a, 226b, respectively. Also in the third embodiment, the two security bands 226a, 226b run towards a common attachment portion 212.
  • the common retractor 232 comprises a housing 234 in which two axes 240a, 240b coaxially mounted, but are independently rotatably received.
  • a stable and at the same time independent storage can be achieved in that each of the two Axles 240a, 240b is mounted with its one end in the housing 234 and is rotatably supported at its other end to the respective other axis 240b, 240a.
  • Each of the axles 240a, 240b has a mounting portion (not shown) to which the respective securing band 226a, 226b is attached, such that rotation of the axle 240a, 240b, respectively, winds the securing band 226a, 226b, respectively.
  • each of the axles 240a, 240b may cooperate with a spring 246a, 246b so that the axles 240a, 240b are biased in the winding direction, respectively, and the securing band 226a, 226b is automatically rolled up.
  • the backup tapes 226a, 226b similar to the first embodiment and the second embodiment could advantageously pass through the common retractor 232 as closed bands and guided through a user-side opening of the housing 234 through the belt attachment portion 212.
  • an alternative variant was selected, in which the user-side ends of the securing bands 226a, 226b are respectively fastened to their rotation axis 240a or 240b and for which the belt attachment portion 212 is fixedly connected to the housing 234 of the common retractor 232.
  • the traction force is transmitted from the climber via the seat belt, the belt attachment portion 212 and the housing 234 to the axles 240a, 240b and from there into the securing straps 226a, 226b.
  • a tape folding damper according to the first and second embodiments may be provided to absorb impact energy.
  • a common tape folder could be inserted between the belt attachment portion 212 and the common one Housing 234 may be arranged.
  • no tape fold damper is provided, but instead a braking device 262a, 262b is provided between each of the axles 240a, 240b and the housing 234, which at a predetermined tensile load of the associated backup tape 226a or 226b, a rolling of the backup tape 226a or 226b of the axis 240a and 240b inhibits.
  • a first braking device 262a associated with the first securing strap 226a thus brakes the rolling of the first securing strap 226a in the event of a fall, while a second braking device 262b brakes the unrolling of the second securing strap 226b in the event of a fall.
  • Both brake devices 262a, 262b are preferably housed in the common housing 234.
  • the braking devices 262a, 262b may be per se known centrifugal brake devices, which automatically brake when a predetermined rotational speed of the respective axis 240a, 240b, as occurs in the event of a fall, by movably mounted brake shoes are centrifugally pressed against a brake drum ,
  • the invention provides via ferrata equipment (110) to be carried by a sports climber for securing the sports climber to securing elements of an alpine via ferrata, comprising a body attachment portion (112) attached to a harness (114a, 114b) or garment of the sports climber or fastenable, a coupling element adapted for releasable coupling of the via ferrata equipment (110) with a securing element of a via ferrata, a connection arrangement which interconnects the coupling element (114a, 114b) and the body attachment portion (112) and which comprises an elongate, flexible securing means (126a, 126b), wherein a retractor (132a, 132b) is provided for at least partially receiving the securing means in a rolled-up state.

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