Rope Protection Platform with Dual Longitudinal Pieces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current rope protectors for vertical work are inadequate as they either restrict lateral movement, are not resistant enough to withstand sharp edges, or damage the surface they are placed on, and fail to distribute the weight effectively, leading to increased risk of accidents and rope exposure.
Innovation Solution
A platform with two longitudinal protective pieces covered in protective material, allowing for weight distribution and minimizing friction, which is adjustable and allows lateral movement, and is designed to be non-damaging to surfaces with non-slip rubber and metal stops to secure the rope.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If flexible rope protectors are used, then they allow lateral movement, but they are not resistant enough to sharp edges and suffer significant deterioration
Solution Approach 1:
The device combines a rigid metallic structure with a flexible protective covering made of resistant material. This composite construction provides both the strength needed to withstand sharp edges and the flexibility to allow lateral movement, resolving the contradiction between durability and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The protective covering is applied specifically to the areas of the metallic structure that contact the rope and sharp edges. This localized protection provides edge resistance where needed while maintaining the overall rigid structure's ability to support lateral movement.
2Strength
If rigid metallic protectors are used, then they protect the rope from sharp edges, but they damage the surface where they are placed
Solution Approach 1:
A protective covering made of resistant material serves as an intermediary between the rigid metallic structure and the surface it contacts. This intermediate layer prevents direct contact between the metal and the surface, eliminating surface damage while maintaining the structural strength needed for rope protection.
3Ease of manufacture
If flexible protectors are used, then they are easier to install, but they hide the rope making it impossible to know if it is damaged
Solution Approach 1:
The protective covering is designed as a transparent or translucent thin film that allows visual inspection of the rope underneath. This maintains the ease of installation associated with flexible protectors while enabling damage detection that would otherwise be obscured.
4Object-affected harmful factors
If the protector is designed to distribute weight, then it protects the surface better, but it increases the device complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into a rigid metallic structure and a separate protective covering layer. This segmentation allows the metallic structure to provide the weight-distributing framework while the covering provides protection, achieving surface protection without excessive complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution effectively protects ropes and surfaces from damage, allows safe lateral movement, and ensures the worker's safety by distributing weight and reducing friction, making it suitable for various roof materials and inclinations.
Implementation Method 1
two longitudinal protective pieces with blunt edges covered with protective material, one upper and one lower, on which the ropes rest, so that the pressure they exert as a result of the work is distributed between the two pieces and the effect of friction between the rope and the surface on which it rests is minimized
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device (1) for protecting against friction, for professional ropes (6) for professional vertical works, which comprises a supporting platform (2) that is fixed on a roof (3), the supporting platform (2) comprising an upper longitudinal protective piece (4) and a lower longitudinal protective piece (5), which are parallel to each other and have a round-cornered L-shaped cross section, the tops of both pieces (4, 5) being covered with a protective material (14) designed to act as a support for the ropes (6), wherein the supporting platform (2) is formed by a rigid rectangular board, the front side of which incorporates the lower longitudinal protective piece (5), which completely covers said front side. The supporting platform (2) incorporates a central support (7) that is formed by a vertical partition (71) attached at both sides to respective arched brackets that are designed to: (a) establish a grip (8) for the user; and (b) adjust the slope of the vertical partition (71) that forms a raised surface parallel to the front side of the supporting platform (2) and on which the upper longitudinal protective piece (4) is incorporated.