ES2300210A1 - Security fastening for preventing height falls, particularly building construction, is constituted in center body, which is consist of high-strength tape, where ends of body form respective closed loops - Google Patents

Abstract

The security fastening is constituted in a center body consist of a high-strength tape, where the ends of the body form respective closed loops. One of the loops is subjected to building elements while other is to plug the cable, harness or security element for the operator.

Description

Improvements introduced in main patent no. P-200600255, for: "Safety mooring."

Object of the invention

The present invention, as expressed in The statement of this specification refers to some improvements introduced in the main Patent nº P-200600255 by: safety mooring; being the essential purpose of these improvements to introduce a new characteristic in the aforementioned main patent that is not mentioned in it and that is not obvious to an average expert in the matter; said novel feature consisting of providing means for varying the length of the safety mooring of the Main patent, so that it can be made longer or longer I cut the aforementioned mooring, making it adjustable to the conditions of The corresponding connection.

With this new feature, the improvements of the  The present invention also maintains the objectives indicated in the main patent consisting of facilitating an anchor specially designed for protection from high falls, especially in the construction of buildings, facilitating the coupling of personal fall protection equipment and allowing to provide buildings, especially those that they are in the process of construction, of points to hook on any anti-fall system, allowing take advantage of structural elements of the building itself.

In addition, the present improvements provide some waterproofing media that prevent the passage of moisture through capillarity within the corresponding structure building in cases where the mooring is inserted from permanent way in the referred structure.

Background of the invention

The risk of workers or operators is known in building construction when they work at certain height, being determined by regulations certain systems of safety such as life wires, harnesses, or other items that they are normally held at scaffolding points. These fasteners Conventional have the disadvantage that they must be calculated in each particular case, requiring hooks or specific structures that make the installation of security, in addition to not being as reliable as one would want.

Solving the above problems, It presented the P-200600255 patent stated as "Safety mooring." As expressed in their claims, said safety tie, applicable as anchor safety to avoid falls from height, preferably in the building construction, is characterized because it is constituted in a central body formed by a high resistance tape whose ends form respective closed loops, so that one of the loops are clamped on some element of the building, while that the cable, harness, carabiner or cable can be connected to the other loop security element of the corresponding operator. According to various embodiments of said invention P-200600255, the aforementioned central body can optionally have a zone folded in "S" and sewn with a lower resistance than the endurance of the constituent tape of said body, so that it constitutes a kind of energy absorber of the fall, "fuse" or "witness" when the mooring has acted exercising its security function or when the mooring has been subjected to a certain effort. However, this area folded in "S" cannot be considered a means of length variation of the mooring in the sense of being able to adapt voluntarily to different distances between the corresponding hooks, such and as facilitated by the present invention.

In addition, also according to different embodiments of the said main Patent P-200600255, the corresponding safety tie can optionally present reinforcements in closed loops or other areas, as well as optionally incorporate in either of its loops, or in both, additional elements such as rings, hooks, carabiners or others. Finally, it was pointed out in the claims of the Main patent P-200600255 that the aforementioned tape of great resistance could be done with rope, cable or other material of sufficient strength.

With the structure described, the mooring of Security of Main Patent No. P-200600255 It has advantages such as very high reliability, low cost and to take advantage of the strength of structural components of the  corresponding building under construction, such as rods of steel, joists, reinforced concrete or others, being also Its installation very quickly.

However, in the aforementioned main Patent No. P-200600255 there are problems related to the application length of a specific mooring is not variable, with what you need moorings of different lengths to be able to apply them to various connection cases, it being desirable that a single mooring model could be used in a plurality of various interconnection distances, as allowed by the improvements of the present invention.

On the other hand, the aforementioned main Patent No. P-200600255 did not provide a means of impermeability in the mooring that served to prevent the passage of moisture into a building when the mooring is  permanently inserted in its structure.

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Description of the invention

To achieve the objectives and avoid drawbacks indicated in previous sections, the invention It consists of improvements introduced in the main Patent nº P-200600255 by: safety mooring, being Applicable this mooring as safety anchor to prevent falls high, preferably in the construction of buildings; Y constituting the mooring in a central body formed by a heavy duty tape whose ends form respective loops closed, so that one of the loops is clamped in some element of the building, while the other loop is connectable cable, harness, carabiner or safety element of the corresponding  operator.

Novelly, according to the invention, said body central and / or one or two of its two loops have means of variation of its length in order to apply in various interconnection distances

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the aforementioned means consist of a loop attached to the closing of one of the loops and sliding down the central body, of so that the arrangement in one or another area of the loop determines a greater or lesser length of the mooring. However, according to other embodiments the aforementioned means of length variation may materialize with other devices.

Thus, according to another embodiment of the invention, the  referred length variation means consist of configuring the central body and the closed loops of the mooring by means of a thin and strong rope long enough to roll it in turns of greater or lesser perimeter according to needs; the loops being established by stapling, gluing or similar of complementary elements such as adhesive tape or others in proximity of diametrically opposite ends of the corresponding winding of several turns of the referred rope.

Moreover, according to the present improvements, the minus one of the loops and / or the central body can incorporate waterproofing means that prevent the passage of moisture through capillarity inside the building structure in cases in which the mooring is permanently inserted in the referred structure.

One of those waterproofing media can consist of arranging a cover of plastic or similar material that cover at least one of the mooring loops. Other means of waterproofing can be to provide the central body with an area impregnated with some waterproofing element; arranging that area in close proximity to one of the mooring loops.

Obviously, the improvements of the present invention  they can incorporate all the secondary features that are indicated in the main patent, such as the area folded in "S", reinforcements in closed loops or other areas, the incorporation of additional coupling elements and the realization in rope, cable or other material of sufficient strength.

With the structure described, the Improvements of the present invention provide all the advantages which facilitated the safety tie of the main Patent nº P-200600255, and also provide the advantage that  they allow that with a single type of model or size of tie up have a large plurality of distances of interconnection, which avoids the need to have different models of different lengths for different applications, if well obviously you can combine different ties fixed lengths with the mooring of variable length of the present invention.

In addition, the present improvements provide the advantage of facilitating waterproofing means for safety tie, so that in the cases in which said mooring is permanently inserted in the structure of a building prevents moisture from passing through capillarity inside The corresponding structure.

Then, to facilitate a better understanding of this descriptive report and being an integral part of the same, some figures are accompanied in which with character illustrative and not limiting the object of the invention.

Brief description of the figures

Figure 1.- Represents a perspective view. of a safety tie made according to the improvements of the present invention

Figure 2.- Represents a perspective view. of a safety tie made according to the improvements of the present invention and by a second embodiment different from that of the previous figure 1 and shown in two phases of construction of the corresponding mooring.

Figure 3.- Represents a perspective view and  part of a safety tie equipped with means waterproofing agents that can be applied to any of the embodiments of the invention.

Figure 4.- It is a view similar to that of the previous figure 3 but using other means waterproofing

Description of one or more examples of realization of the invention

Following is a description of two Examples of the invention with reference to numbering Adopted in the figures.

Thus, the safety tie of the first example It is applied as safety anchor to prevent falls from height in buildings under construction, although others are not ruled out Applications; constituting essentially by means of a body central 1 formed by a high resistance tape.

This central body 1 has ends that  they form respective closed loops 2 and 3, so that one of the loops are clamped on some element of the building, while that the cable, harness, carabiner or cable can be connected to the other loop security element 5 of the corresponding operator, as represented in figure 1.

One of loops 2 is closed from fixed way by sewing, while the other loop 3 It presents its finish attached to a slide 4 sliding through the body central 1, as shown in figure 1, so that the arrangement of the loop 4 in one or another area of the mooring determines a greater or lesser length of it thus providing means of variation of length that allow the application of mooring at various interconnection distances.

In other examples of the invention the means of variation of length, which here essentially facilitates the loop 4, may materialize with other conventional devices or specially designed for the present invention.

In particular, a second embodiment of the invention, shown in figure 2, provides the means of mooring length variation when configuring the central body 1 and the closed loops 2 and 3 by a thin and resistant rope 6, as shown in the upper part of Figure 2.

Said rope 6 is of sufficient length. as to roll it in turns of greater or lesser perimeter according to the different needs; while loops 2 and 3 are formed by applying pieces of adhesive tape 7 in proximity to diametrically opposite ends of the corresponding winding of several turns of the referred string 6, as reflected in figure 2. However, in other embodiments said adhesive tapes 7 could be replaced by other elements such as staples, knotted or others.

In addition, in any embodiment of the invention could be optionally incorporated when mooring means waterproofing as shown in figures 3 and Four.

In figure 3 the referred means waterproofing consist of a plastic sheath 8 that covers one of the loops 2 of the mooring; while in figure 4, the referred to waterproofing means consist of providing the body central 1 of an area impregnated with a waterproofing element 9; that zone 9 being arranged in close proximity to one of the loops 2 of the mooring.

Claims (6)

1. Improvements introduced in the main patent No. P-200600255 for: Safety mooring, applicable as a safety anchor to prevent falls from a height, preferably in the construction of buildings; which is constituted in a central body (1) formed by a high-resistance belt whose ends form respective closed loops (2 and 3), so that one of the loops is clamped in some building element, while the other loop is the cable, harness, carabiner or safety element (5) of the corresponding operator can be connected; characterized in that said central body (1) and / or one or two of its two loops (2 and 3) have means of varying their length (4) in order to be able to be applied in various interconnection distances. 2. Improvements introduced in main patent No. P-200600255 by: Safety tie, according to claim 1, characterized in that said means consist of a loop (4) attached to the end of one of the loops (3) and slidable by the body center (1), so that the arrangement in one or another area of the loop (4) determines a greater or lesser length of the mooring. 3. Improvements introduced in the main patent No. P-200600255 by: Safety tie, according to claim 1, characterized in that said means consist of configuring the central body (1) and the closed loops (2 and 3) by means of a thin and resistant rope (6) of sufficient length to wind it in turns of greater or lesser perimeter according to needs; the loops (2 and 3) being established by application of stapling, gluing or the like of complementary elements such as adhesive tape or others (7) in proximity to diametrically opposite ends of the corresponding winding of several turns of said rope (6). 4. Improvements introduced in main patent No. P-200600255 by: Safety tie, according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least one of the loops (2 and 3) and / or the central body (1) incorporates means waterproofing materials (8, 9) that prevent the passage of moisture by capillarity inside the building structure in cases where the mooring is permanently inserted into said structure. 5. Improvements introduced in the main patent No. P-200600255 by: Safety tie, according to claim 4, characterized in that said waterproofing means consist of having a sheath of plastic or similar material (8) covering at least one of the loops ( 2 or 3) of the mooring. 6. Improvements introduced in the main patent No. P-200600255 by: Safety tie, according to claim 4, characterized in that said waterproofing means consist of providing the central body (1) with an area impregnated with some waterproofing element (9); this zone (9) being arranged in proximity to one of the loops (2 or 3) of the mooring.