Suspension rope wear detector
CA 2391788 C · Owner: Lamb, Miles P. · Inventors: Orndorf, Karl B.; Lamb, Miles P.
Overview
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A wear detector for a suspension rope having a plurality of load bearing strands covered by a sheath includes a sensor at a surface of the sheath. The sensor senses a characteristic of the rope representing a predetermined amount of wear of the sheath. The sensed characteristic can be electrical contact with the strands distance from , the surface of the sheath to the strands or change of , color of the sheath surface.
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- Filed June 25, 2002 and granted March 15, 2011. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 25, 2022.
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