Abstract:
The invention describes a winch (1) for nautical use or for devices for lifting and lowering on a rope, comprising a fixed stator body (2) and a rotor body (3) fixedly connected to the stator body. The rotor body is able to rotate around a longitudinal axis(a-l) to wind a rope on its outer surface. The winch is provided with a self -tailing device (6) in turn comprising two half -pulleys (61, 62 ), a lower half -pulley (61) and an upper half -pulley (62 ), mounted opposite one another and coaxial to the rotor body. The two half -pulleys, at the upper portion of the outer surface of the rotor body, define a circumferential throat (63) intended to at least partially house a winding of the rope. One half -pulley is fixed with respect to the rotor body and the other half -pulley is moveable parallel to the longitudinal axis to vary the dimensions of the circumferential throat. Advantageously, the winch comprises a device (8 -11) for adjusting the position of the mobile half -pulley along the longitudinal axis; the adjustment device is able to be activated by the user in real time and in all conditions of use of the winch.
Abstract:
The invention regards to a portable ascender device (1) on a rope (8) comprising an actuation element (2), manual or motor- driven, a nautical winch (5) provided with a self-tailing (52), rotated by the actuation element (2), and at least one first forced passage (9) of the rope (8) in proximity to the winch (5). The first forced passage (9) is arranged upstream of the winch (5) with respect to the rope (8) winding direction. A method for hoisting oneself by means of such device (1) along a vertically stretched rope (8), and two methods for descending along the rope (8) by means of the same device (1), respectively in active mode and in passive mode, are also described.