Abstract: The fall arrester (10) for a fall protection system can be guided in a guide rail (12) and a protected person can be fastened to an anchor point of the fall arrester. The fall arrester (10) comprises a locking device (30) which can be shifted between a first, unlocked position an a second position locking the fall arrester on the guide rail. A holding device retains the locking device back in the first unlocked position. The locking device is preloaded into the second, locking position. The fall arrester (10) further comprises an electrical/electronic speed determining device (60) and an electronic control system (70) for releasing the holding device when a pre-determined speed is exceeded, and thereby releasing the locking device (30) for shifting to the second, locking position.

Abstract: Component of a fall-arrest apparatus, comprising a first element (7), in particular a yarn, extending longitudinally at least between a first point (5) and a second point (6) and a second element (8), in particular a yarn, extending between the first point and the second point, the two elements being subjected to identical tensile forces at the first and second points, characterised in that, in the tensionless state, the longitudinal extension of the second element is greater than the longitudinal extension of the first element.

Abstract: Energy absorbing device including a first plate superposed on a second plate, the first and second plates being adapted to slide relative to one another, wherein the first plate has a first cut-out composed of a plurality of first strips and the second plate has a second cut-out composed of a plurality of second strips. Further, a first finger is attached to the first plate extending through the second cut-out portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing support (10). The luminaire has a support (10) comprising a locking lug (5), a vertical non-closed barrel (4) and a collar (3). It is characterized in that it is associated to a rod (6) that can release the locking lug from a locked position, an abutment and guidance zone (8) for the locking lug (5), and a spring (7) to exert pressure on said lug (5) such that, when the latter is in the unlocked position, guided by the abutment and guidance zone (8) and by the vertical element (4), it will exert a pressure on a false ceiling (12).

Abstract: The invention relates to a fixing support (10). The luminaire has a support (10) comprising a locking lug (5), a vertical non-closed barrel (4) and a collar (3). It is characterized in that it is associated to a rod (6) that can release the locking lug from a locked position, an abutment and guidance zone (8) for the locking lug (5), and a spring (7) to exert pressure on said lug (5) such that, when the latter is in the unlocked position, guided by the abutment and guidance zone (8) and by the vertical element (4), it will exert a pressure on a false ceiling (12).