Fall protection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10987528-B2
Application number	US-201816194049-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2018
Priority date	Sep 11, 2018
Publication date	Apr 27, 2021
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021

Abstract

A fall protection device is used to connect with a safety belt, including a frame having a receiving space, a shaft disposed on the frame, a decelerating member connected to the shaft and disposed in the receiving space, and a safety belt base fitted around the decelerating member. An outer peripheral surface of the decelerating member has a plurality of friction surfaces arranged at intervals. The safety belt base has an outer peripheral surface adapted to be wrapped by the safety belt and an inner peripheral surface being in contact with the friction surfaces thereof. With the design describing above, the friction surfaces rub the inner peripheral surface to generate a rolling friction, thereby to slow down an unwound speed of the safety belt.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fall protection device adapted to be connected to a safety belt, comprising:
a frame having a receiving space;
a shaft disposed on the frame;
a decelerating member connected to the shaft, received in the receiving space, wherein an outer peripheral surface of the decelerating member has a plurality of friction surfaces arranged at intervals; and
a safety belt base fitted around the decelerating member, having an outer peripheral surface and an inner peripheral surface, wherein the outer peripheral surface is adapted to be wrapped or be wound by the safety belt, and the inner peripheral surface is in contact with the plurality of friction surfaces of the decelerating member;
wherein the decelerating member has a plurality of positioning holes and a braking plate further has a plurality of positioning holes which corresponds to the plurality of positioning holes of the decelerating member;
a plurality of positioning members, wherein each respective positioning member passes through one of the plurality of positioning holes of the braking plate and the corresponding one of the plurality of positioning holes of the decelerating member to engage the braking plate and the decelerating member.

2. The fall protection device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the decelerating member and the shaft move simultaneously.

3. The fall protection device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the several friction surfaces are formed along an axial direction of the decelerating member.

4. The fall protection device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the decelerating member has a perforation, and the shaft passes through the perforation.

5. The fall protection device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the decelerating member and the shaft are integrally formed as a monolithic unit.

6. The fall protection device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the decelerating member is formed by processing a plurality of edges of a regular polygonal prism to form the friction surfaces.

7. The fall protection device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outer peripheral surface of the decelerating member has a plurality of connecting surfaces connected between any two adjacent friction surfaces; each of the friction surfaces is disposed inside of an area surrounded by two extending surfaces of any two adjacent connecting surfaces.

8. The fall protection device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outer peripheral surface of the decelerating member has a plurality of connecting surfaces, and each of the plurality of connecting surfaces is connected between any two adjacent friction surfaces; each of the connecting surfaces is a flat surface.

9. The fall protection device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outer peripheral surface of the decelerating member has a plurality of connecting surfaces, and each of the plurality of connecting surfaces is connected between any two adjacent friction surfaces; each of the connecting surfaces is concave in shape.

Assignees

• Yoke Ind Corp

Inventors

• Wang Jyu-Yi
• Hung Wei-Chieh

Classifications

• B65H75/40

  mobile or transportable · CPC title

• B65H75/4442

  acting on the reel · CPC title

• A62B35/0093 Primary

  Fall arrest reel devices · CPC title

• A62B1/10 Primary

  mechanically operated · CPC title