Conventional skipping ropes have a generally elongate handle swivellably mounted on each end of the rope which is held by the user between the fingers and palms. In accordance with the invention, the handle is shaped like a "T" with the vertical stroke of the T (3) swivellably connected to the rope (1). The handle may be held with the crosspiece of the T (4) between fingers and palm and with the vertical extending between two fingers. This gives a more comfortable and effective skipping position...

A float assembly for buoying ropes, cables, pipelines, or any other type of line, completely surrounds the line to which it is attached. The assembly is formed from a plurality of preferably identical circumferentially adjacent float pieces. The pieces attach to one another along radial planes which contain semipermanent attachment means. As each chamfered circumferential piece is added to the last the line is gradually surrounded by the whole of all the pieces. This allows the float to be attac...

Conventional skipping ropes have a generally elongate handle swivellably mounted on each end of the rope which is held by the user between the fingers and palms. In accordance with the invention, the handle is shaped like a "T" with the vertical stroke of the T (3) swivellably connected to the rope (1). The handle may be held with the crosspiece of the T (4) between fingers and palm and with the vertical extending between two fingers. This gives a more comfortable and effective skipping position...

A method is disclosed of splicing together two rope lengths each of which is made up of a plurality of strands individually covered with thermoplastic material. Each alternate strand of each rope length is unwound back to a predetermined point and one of the strands of the other rope length is wound in its place back to that point. This process is repeated for each of the other strands, with the respective points at which the winding and unwinding process is terminated being spaced apart along t...

Sitting or reclining furniture with an upper and a lower part that can move relative to each other. The upper part is suspended so as to be able to oscillate on the lower part and at least two sets of ropes are arranged functionally in series. One set of ropes is suspended by way of bridge pieces and an approximately gallows-like frame. The bridge pieces are, in turn, joined to each other through the frame.

A hoisting rope for an elevator includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced, discrete targets retained within the rope. The targets have a characteristic that may be monitored by a device that is responsive to that characteristic. In a particular embodiment, the targets are formed from a magnetically permeable material and the monitoring device responds to changes in the magnetic field as the target passes the monitoring device. In another embodiment, the targets are formed from material that ...

A wire rope or strand is inserted into a bore in a metal terminal blank having an elongate body, a collar at one extremity, and a transitional neck portion merging with the collar. The neck portion has a rounded peripheral depression, which aids plastic flow during reduction. The cross-section of the terminal blank is reduced by swaging or pressing only its body, so that the body grips the rope or strand. The collar has a bearing surface which is directed away from the body and is intended to su...

A method permits a knot to be tied in a rope that is being held with one hand. The rope includes a first end and a weighted second end, and has a length extending therebetween that permits a user implementing the method to tie a knot therein. Initially the rope is held in one hand such that the weighted second end of the rope is suspended and the rope is taut between the hand and the second end. Moving the hand holding the rope in a first direction and in a second direction causes a loop to form...

A tester is provided for measuring the dielectric integrity of a rope, on a continuous basis. The device incorporates a pair of rope contact and retention members, that may comprise pair of spring-loaded clamps, adapted to make electrical contact with the rope, while permitting the rope to be drawn longitudinally through the device. The contact or retention members may either be adapted to make a sliding contact with the rope or may employ wheels or roller members to facilitate the movement of t...

A binding device for rope such as a belt for hanging a bag or a leash for tugging a pet. The rope is passed through into the setting hole of the binding means with a wedge so that the rope is fixedly pressed in the said hole.