Patents Assigned to Puget Sound Rope, a/k/a Viking Rope Corporation
  • Rope for heavy lifting applications
    Publication number: 20040069132
    Abstract: A large diameter rope having improved fatigue life on a sheave, pulley, or drum is disclosed. This rope includes a blend of HMPE filaments and liquid crystal polymer filaments selected from the group of lyotropic polymer filaments and thermotropic polymer filaments. The rope may be constructed as a braided rope, a wire-lay rope, or a parallel core rope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicants: Celanese Advanced Materials, Inc., Puget Sound Rope, a/k/a Viking Rope Corporation
    Inventors: Robert B. Knudsen, Forrest E. Sloan