Descending systems including safety rope reels for use with rescue descending devices
A safety, rope technology, applied in the direction of life-saving equipment, building rescue, etc.
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[0024] refer to figure 1 with 2 , provides a descent system 10 for use with a rescue descent device (RDD) 12 to allow a user to safely descend from an elevated structure such as a high floor in a building, a drilling platform, a windmill platform or a utility tower. Although shown in a particular configuration, RDD 12 may be any suitable rescue or controlled descent device, many of which are known, one sold by Honeywell under the Miller SafEscape™ ELITE trademark, another example by DBI / Sala is sold under the trademark Rescuematic® Automatic Descent Controller.
[0025] Descending system 10 includes a safety line reel 14 for receiving a length of safety line 16 wrapped around reel 14 in a ready-to-deploy condition. Safety line reel 14 is mounted to rigid frame 20 for rotation about axis 22 to allow the length of safety line 16 to be unwound from reel 14 to RDD 12 as RDD 12 provides a controlled descent to a user tethered to safety line 16 . System 10 also includes a frict...
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