Fall protection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10279205-B2
Application number	US-201715599907-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2017
Priority date	May 19, 2017
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

A fall protection device including a first housing part, a second housing part, a rotation unit, a safety belt, a spiral spring for coiling the safety belt around the rotation unit and a brake unit for limiting rotation of the rotation unit is disclosed. The first and the second housing parts respectively include a first containing room and a second containing room. The first and the second housing parts conjugate with each other and constitute a housing. The brake unit is positioned in the first containing rooms, while part of the safety belt and the spiral spring are positioned in the second containing rooms. By separately positioning the brake unit and the safety belt in the first and the second rooms, the dust coiled together with the safety belt into the housing will not adhere to the brake unit and its effect on the brake unit's function is prevented.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fall protection device, comprising a first housing part, a second housing part, a rotation unit, a spiral spring, a brake unit and a safety belt; wherein the first housing part and the second housing part conjugate with each other to constitute a housing, and the housing comprises a through hole communicating an inside of the housing with an outside of the housing; the rotation unit, the spiral spring and the brake unit are positioned in the housing; an inner end of the spiral spring is connected with the rotation unit to keep the safety belt being wound around the rotation unit; the brake unit is adapted to limit a rotation of the rotation unit; one end of the safety belt is connected to the rotation unit; the safety belt can be rotated together with the rotation unit and is wound around the rotation unit; and another end of the safety belt penetrates through the through hole; the brake unit includes a braking plate and two braking parts; the fall protection device is characterized in that:
each of the first housing part and the second housing part comprises a first containing room, a second containing room, an opening, a partition, an exterior butt face and an interior butt face, wherein the partition has the interior butt face, and is not rotatable; the exterior butt face is positioned on an edge of the opening, and the interior butt face is positioned between the first containing room and the second containing room;
the first housing part and the second housing part conjugate with each other via the openings thereof, such that the exterior butt faces and the interior butt faces inside of the first housing part and the second housing part are conjugated with each other, and each of the first containing rooms and the corresponding second containing room are seperated apart via the corresponding partition; and
the brake unit is positioned in the first containing rooms of the first housing part and the second housing part, and part of the safety belt and the spiral spring are positioned in the second containing rooms of the first housing part and the second housing part.

2. The fall protection device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first housing part and the second housing part comprises a notch positioned between the first containing room and the second containing room; contours of the notches of the first housing part and the second housing part are matching to each other; and the notches constitute a channel when the first housing part and the second housing part conjugate with each other.

3. The fall protection device of claim 2 , wherein the brake unit comprises a protrusion part penetrating through the channel, and the protrusion part comprises a recess matching to the rotation unit.

4. The fall protection device of claim 2 , further comprising a frame; wherein the frame comprises a first part and a second part; the first part is positioned in the first containing rooms of the first housing part and the second housing part; the second part is positioned in the second containing rooms of the first housing part and the second housing part and divides each of the second containing rooms into a first space and a second space; part of the safety belt is positioned in the first space; the spiral spring is positioned in the second space; and the first space communicates with the outside of the housing via the through hole of the housing.

5. The fall protection device of claim 4 , wherein the brake unit comprises a braking plate; the braking plate comprises a protrusion part penetrating through the opening; the protrusion part comprises a recess matching to the rotation unit; and the rotation unit fits to the recess to drive the rotation unit and the braking plate rotate co-axially.

Assignees

• Yoke Ind Corp

Inventors

• Hung Wei-Chieh

Classifications

• F16D59/02

  spring-loaded and adapted to be released by mechanical, fluid, or electromagnetic means · CPC title

• A62B35/0075 Primary

  Details of ropes or similar equipment, e.g. between the secured person and the lifeline or anchor · CPC title

• F16D49/04

  mechanically actuated · CPC title

• A62B1/10

  mechanically operated · CPC title

• A62B35/0093

  Fall arrest reel devices · CPC title