(19)
(11) EP 2 777 773 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
25.01.2017 Bulletin 2017/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.09.2014 Bulletin 2014/38

(21) Application number: 14159574.4

(22) Date of filing: 13.03.2014
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A62B 1/14(2006.01)
 A62B 1/10(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 14.03.2013 US 201361785715 P
12.03.2014 US 201414206444

(71) Applicant: Black Diamond Equipment AG
4153 Reinach (CH)

(72) Inventors:
  • Oddou, Paul
    Salt Lake City, UT Utah 84124 (US)
  • Hall, Jake
    Draper, UT Utah 84020 (US)
  • Belcourt, Bill
    Salt Lake City, UT Utah 84124 (US)
  • Walker, Ben
    Draper, UT Utah 84020 (US)

(74) Representative: Braun, André jr. et al
Braunpat Braun Eder AG Reussstrasse 22
4054 Basel
4054 Basel (CH)

   


(54) Systems for assisted braking belay with a cam-clutch mechanism


(57) One embodiment of the present invention relates to an assisted braking belay system (100) with a housing (120), camming mechanism (140), and clutch mechanism (160). The housing (120) may include a substantially enclosed rope channel (128) through which a rope (110) may extend to the climber. The camming mechanism (140) is moveably coupled to the housing (120) and configured to automatically engage a camming surface (142) upon the rope (110) across the rope channel (128) if the rope (110) translates through the channel (128) at a particular acceleration rate. The clutch mechanism (160) may function as a secondary locking mechanism to engage the camming surface (142) of the camming mechanism (140) upon the rope (110) across the rope channel (128).







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