PANOUTSOPOULOS, Merkouris (7 Vasiladiou Street, Piraeus, GR-185 40, GR)
PANOUTSOPOULOS, Merkouris (7 Vasiladiou Street, Piraeus, GR-185 40, GR)
| CLAIMS
1. Apparatus for the production of a rope ladder comprising a desired plurality of steps (1) equidistantly arranged at a fixed spacing and successively connected by means of ropes (2) that pass through predetermined apertures at both side ends of steps (1), the apparatus comprising a workbench of an elongated rectangular configuration formed by means of members (11), a plurality of pairs of U-sectioned metallic members (10) being mounted in the traverse direction along the workbench at equidistantly spaced points, channels (10a) being formed in between each one of said pairs of U-sectioned metallic members (10) for the reception of steps (1), said steps (1) thereby being provided at equidistantly spaced points along said workbench, said steps (1) extending beyond the longitudinally oriented parallel metallic members (1 1 ) of the workbench and provided with an arrangement of apertures (I a, I b, I c) at each one of the extending ends thereof, the apparatus being characterized by that a pair of longitudinally extending parallel rails (12, 13) is provided on either end of the longitudinally oriented parallel metallic members (1 1) of the workbench, a sliding carriage (20) being mounted onto said rails (12, 13), a press assembly (17) being mounted onto an internal platform of said sliding carriage (20), said press assembly ( 17) being employed for effecting pressing for the closure of H-sectioned metallic clamping sockets (4) within which are encaged said ropes (2), above and below, on either side of each one of said plurality of steps (1), said press assembly (17) comprising a pair of jaws (18, 19) inside which are being enclaved said metallic clamping sockets (4) in order to close by means of the pressure exerted thereupon by said pair of jaws (18, 19) through a pressing operation of said press assembly (17).
2. Apparatus for the production of a rope ladder according to the above Claim 1, characterized in that said sliding carriage (20) of said press assembly (17) is provided with a first arrangement of wheels (22, 23) allowing reciprocating sliding movement of the same along said rails (12) 5 and (13) respectively so that the sliding carriage (20) may move through sliding along the longitudinal direction of the workbench, said internal platform of said carriage (20) onto which is being based said press assembly (17) comprising a second arrangement of wheels (24, 25) allowing reciprocating sliding movement thereof along a pair of rails (14, 15)
10 respectively, said pair of rails (14, 15) being oriented perpendicularly with respect to said rails (12, 13) and being interconnected by means of metallic laminates (16), said second arrangement of wheels (24, 25) allowing reciprocating sliding movement of said internal platform basement of said press assembly (17) along said pair of rails (14, 15) so that said internal
, 15 platform basement of said press assembly (17) may move through sliding along the traverse direction of the workbench, wherein a pressing operation of the press assembly (17) to effect closure of a selected clamping socket (4) is initiated following completion of the regulation operations comprising selecting a desired position for the sliding carriage (20) through sliding
20 thereof along the longitudinal direction of the workbench and selecting a desired position of said press assembly (17) through reciprocating sliding movement of said internal platform basement of said press assembly (17) along the traverse direction of the workbench, said desired position of said carriage (20) and of said press assembly (17) being selected to correspond in
25 a condition of said pair of jaws (18, 19) being brought axially above and below said selected metallic clamping socket (4) in order to effect closure of the same by means of the pressure exerted thereupon by said pair of jaws (18, 19) through a pressing operation of the press assembly (17).
3. Apparatus for the production of a rope ladder according to the above Claim 1, characterized in that said press assembly (17) that effects closure of said metallic clamping sockets (4) further comprises a vertically oriented metallic plate (29) at the ends of which are adapted, one against the other, said pair of jaws (18, 19) of the press assembly (17), a piston/cylinder arrangement (27) being provided above the upper one of said pair of jaws (18, 19) and a conductor (28) for the supply of the working fluid, air or oil, being provided at the side of the top of the piston/cylinder arrangement (27).
4. Method for the production of a rope ladder comprising a desired plurality of steps (1) equidistantly arranged at a fixed spacing, successively connected by means of ropes (2) that pass through predetermined apertures at both side ends of steps (1), said ropes (2) being used in the connection of successive steps and in creating the handgrip means of the user who uses the step ladder to embark in the life boat when leaving the vessel or vice versa, said method comprising the following steps:
cutting a pair of thick ropes (2) of a durable quality, each at a length exceeding double the desirable length of the rope ladder, each one of said pair of ropes (2) being folded at the middle (2c) thereof thereby forming two equivalent lengths of rope (2a, 2b) that run in parallel from the median point of folding (2c) wherein, due to restricted flexibility of the rope, a hole (2d) is being formed, said hole (2d) providing a means of connecting and winding up the rope ladder around a drum located at the deck of the vessel adjacently a life boat;
placement of a first batch of a desired number of steps (1) within an equivalent number of step receiving channels (1 Oa) along the workbench;
successive passage of said two parallel running lengths (2a, 2b) of each rope (2) at each side of the plurality of steps (1) through successive apertures (Ia, I b) provided on either side of each one of the plurality of steps (1);
applying spacer blocks (3) at both sides, above and below each one of the plurality of steps (1) with the insertion of a protruding shaft ( 13) of each spacer block (3) within an aperture (Ic) located intermediately in between apertures (Ia, Ib) of each step (1 ) and convergence of said two parallel running lengths (2a, 2b) of each rope (2) into the cavities formed by the converging legs (3a, 3b) of each spacer block (3) thereby forming a single rope member (2a-2b) at the exit from the spacer block (3);
applying a metallic clamping socket (4) in each single rope member
(2a-2b) at the exit of each spacer block (3) so that the two parts (2a, 2b) of the rope enter respectively within channels (14a, 14b) being formed in the H-sectioned metallic clamping socket (4);
sliding a carriage (20) of a press assembly (17) of the apparatus based onto a first arrangement of wheels (22, 23) along a first arrangement of longitudinally extending rails (12, 13) in the longitudinal direction of the workbench and subsequently sliding an internal platform of said carriage
(20) whereupon said press assembly (17) is based onto a second arrangement of wheels (24, 25) along a second arrangement of rails (14, 15) in the traverse direction of the workbench, wherein sliding of said carriage
(20) in the longitudinal direction brings said press assembly (17) coaxially along a selected item of a plurality of metallic clamping sockets (4) and sliding of said internal platform of carriage (20) in the transverse direction of the workbench brings a pair of pressing jaws (18, 19) of said press assembly (17) above and below said selected item of said plurality of metallic clamping sockets (4); pressing a manual button or foot pedal activation means of said press assembly (17) so as to effect movement of the upper jaw (18) by means of a cylinder/piston arrangement (27) so as to enclave and effect pressure closure of said selected item of said plurality of clamping sockets (4) in between jaws (18, 19), said clamping socket (4) thereby receiving the form of a closed ellipse and said pair of parallel running rope lengths (2a, 2b) becoming a rigid single rope member (2a-2b) on either side of each one of said plurality of steps (1 );
repetition of the previous aforementioned pressing step for the successive closure of all metallic clamping sockets (4) and exporting the ready made portion of the rope ladder comprising the selected batch quantity of steps (1) from the workbench, and
placement of a next batch quantity of said selected number of steps
(1) within said equivalent number of step receiving channels (10a) along the workbench and repetition of the process up to termination of the last step of the rope ladder.
5. A rope ladder comprising a desired plurality of steps (1) equidistantly arranged at a fixed spacing, successively connected by means of ropes (2) that pass through predetermined apertures (Ia, Ib) at both side ends of steps (1), said ropes (2) being used in the connection of successive steps (1 ) and in creating the handgrip means of the user who uses the step ladder to embark in the life boat when leaving the vessel or vice versa, each one of said ropes
(2) being cut at a length exceeding double the desirable length of the rope ladder and subsequently being folded at the middle (2c) thereof thereby forming two equivalent lengths of rope (2a, 2b) that run in parallel from the median point of folding (2c) wherein, due to restricted flexibility of the rope, a hole (2d) is being formed at the folding point (2c), said hole (2d) providing a means of connecting and winding up the rope ladder around a drum located at the deck of the vessel adjacently a life boat, said two equivalent lengths of rope (2a, 2b) of each rope (2) successively passing through said apertures (Ia, Ib) at each side of each one of the plurality of steps (1), a spacer block (3) being applied at both sides, above and below each one of the plurality of steps (1) with the insertion of a protruding shaft (13) of each spacer block (3) within an aperture (Ic) located intermediately in between apertures (Ia, Ib) of each step (1 ), whereby said two parallel running lengths (2a, 2b) of each rope (2) are inserted within the cavities formed by the converging legs (3a, 3b) of each spacer block (3) thereby forming a single rope member (2a-2b) at the exit from the spacer block (3), a metallic clamping socket (4) being employed in each single rope member (2a-2b) at the exit of each spacer block (3) so that the two parts (2a, 2b) of the rope enter respectively within channels (14a, 14b) being formed in the H- sectioned metallic clamping socket (4), said clamping socket (4) being thereafter closed by means of a press assembly so as to encage said two parallel running lengths of rope (2a, 2b) and provide a continuous length of sufficiently rigid rope creating the handgrip means of the user who uses the step ladder to embark in the life boat or into the vessel.
6. A rope ladder according to the above claim 5, characterized in that said metallic clamping socket (4) has an H-type section with a pair of identical legs (4a, 4b) with a convex outer surface interconnected by a central traverse member (4c) so as to form a pair of side cavities (14a, 14b) inside which respectively enter said two parallel running lengths (2a, 2b) of rope (2) as they converge following their exit from said spacer block (3), said metallic clamping socket (4) being thereafter pressed to take the form of an ellipse wherein are encaged and fixedly connected together the two parallel running lengths (2a, 2b) of each one of the pair of ropes (2). |
ROPE LADDER AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ITS PRODUCTION
THE FIELD OF THE ART
The invention relates to the field of the art of production of maritime equipment and supplies and more specifically it discloses a method and an apparatus for the production of a rope ladder adapted for use in connection with life boats.
THE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In all kinds of vessels, commercial, passenger or even military, the obligation is imposed of providing a sufficient number of life boats in the necessary capacity for the embarkation of the passengers and/or the crew in case that abandonment of the vessel becomes imperative. Each life boat is provided with a rope ladder that is wound in a drum located adjacently to the life boat in a position such that it may be rapidly unwound and deployed and thrown along the side of the vessel at a position in which it might be used under emergency conditions for the embarkation of the passengers and/or crew in the life boat. Moreover rope ladders are also used for various operational procedures of the vessel, e.g. for loading or unloading cargo at the harbour.
Rope ladders according to currently employed specifications are made to comprise an appropriate number of steps that are equidistantly located at a suitable fixed spacing one from the other, the steps being interconnected by means of ropes passing through predetermined apertures provided on either side of each one of the steps. The ropes are of appropriate thickness and quality and they are perpendicularly oriented with respect to the steps, each rope being folded at the middle thereof to form a pair of rope lengths running in parallel at each side of the steps of the ladder. The overall length of each rope at each side of the steps of the rope ladder is thus more than
double the length of the ladder and a hole is being formed at the point of folding of the rope, such hole being used to connect and subsequently wind up the rope onto a drum that is installed at the deck of the vessel adjacently to a life boat. Starting from the abovementioned hole at the point of folding, the two lengths of each rope running in parallel at each side of the steps successively pass through pairs of predetermined adjacent apertures in each one of the steps during the assembly process of the rope ladder.
According to the standardised conventional process of production of a rope ladder, spacer blocks with a standardised H type section are being employed, wherein the legs of the H-section are not parallel but are bent inwardly, one spacer block being adapted to securely hold the two parallel lengths of the rope in each side of each one of the steps of the ladder, the two parallel rope lengths being encaged within the recessions formed on either side of the central axis of each spacer block, wherein the central axis of each spacer block extends in the direction of deployment of the rope ladder. The two rope lengths being encaged within the abovementioned convergent recessions of the spacer blocks, above and below, on either side of each step of the rope ladder, thereby converge so as to come in contact at the outlet of each one of the spacer blocks. At this point the two rope lengths are in accordance with conventional manufacturing process being tied by means of a highly resistant thread. Thus, in between two successive steps the two lengths of the rope at each side of the ladder are being assembled into a single, thick member of adequate rigidity, such rope member providing a handgrip means to the user stepping down the rope ladder as he leaves the vessel to embark in the life boat or even reversely when he uses the rope ladder to climb up into the vessel.
The abovementioned manufacturing step of employing a highly resistant thread to tie together the two lengths of the rope that converge following their exit from the apertures at both sides of each step by means of the abovementioned spacer blocks is one of the most time-consuming processes in the overall manufacturing of the rope ladder and moreover it also constitutes the most sensitive manufacturing process wherein failures might appear that may lead in functional insufficiency of the rope ladder. The employment of such tying thread also is the most sensitive point wherein deterioration or damage might occur in the course of time.
It is therefore the object of the present invention to advantageously overcome the abovementioned disadvantages and drawbacks of the prior art through proposing a rope ladder, in which the two converging rope lengths past the spacer blocks above and below each side of the steps of the ladder are being tied together not by means of the labour consuming and yet rather unreliable process wherein a highly resistant tying thread is employed, but by means of an industrial process wherein specially configured metallic clamping sockets are employed to connect the two rope lengths, each metallic clamping socket being pressed so as to encage the two rope lengths therein. Employment of such clamping sockets leads into a functionally and aesthetically upgraded rope ladder, free from the sensitivity in possible assembly failures or even deterioration that is associated with the process of tying the ropes by means of the thread of the prior art.
A further object of the present invention is to propose a suitable design of the aforementioned metallic clamping socket in a preferable H type cross- section, wherein the two rope lengths are being fitted and thereafter the H- section is being pressed so as to take the form of an ellipse enclosing the two rope lengths within two adjacent recessions thereof.
Another object of the present invention is to propose an apparatus for the manufacturing of the rope ladder of the invention, such apparatus being suitably equipped with a pair of presses applying a closing pressure onto the aforementioned clamping sockets so as to encage and fixedly connect the two rope lengths emanating from the apertures of each step and on either side thereof, said apparatus providing for a freedom of linear movement of each one of the above pair of presses both in the direction of deployment of the rope ladder along the workbench and in the direction normally oriented with respect to the direction of deployment, so as to provide for implementation of the required manufacturing process in the most productive way.
One further object of the invention is to propose a highly productive method for the manufacture of the rope ladder that is revealed in the present invention with the employment of the apparatus provided with the presses of the metallic clamping sockets as referred to hereinabove, such presses being provided with the aforementioned freedom of movement in two directions.
These and other objects and advantages of the invention will be rendered obvious in the detailed description hereinbelow.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention will be hereinafter presented so as to become apparent to those skilled in the art by reference to the accompanying drawings in which the invention is portrayed with reference to illustrative embodiments.
Fig. 1 presents a perspective view of the apparatus employed in the production of the rope ladder with the method of the invention.
Fig. 2 presents a perspective detail view of the apparatus of Fig. 1 focusing in the press means by means of which the special metallic clamping socket is being closed.
Fig. 3 presents a perspective view of the series of materials and accessories employed in the manufacturing process of the rope ladder of the invention.
Fig. 4 presents a perspective view of a portion of the rope ladder of the invention assembled with the materials and accessories being shown in Fig. 3.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Hereinbelow are presented illustrative, preferred, non restrictive embodiments of the invention depicted in the accompanying drawings.
Firstly referring to Figs. 4 and 3 wherein are presented an assembled portion and the same portion dismantled in the constituent parts thereof of the rope ladder of the invention, we observe that the rope ladder of the invention comprises the following elements:
a. A suitable plurality of steps 1 , each with the conventional width so as to serve a single individual user of the rope ladder at a time.
b. A pair of thick ropes 2 of a durable quality, each with a length exceeding the double desirable length of the rope ladder, ropes 2 being used in the connection of successive steps and in creating the handgrip means of the user who uses the step ladder to embark in the life boat when leaving the vessel or vice versa.
c. Spacer blocks 3 preferably from plastic material employed in assembling the convergent connecting ropes 2, and
d. Metallic clamping sockets 4 for fixedly tying together the convergent rope lengths following their exit from the spacer blocks 3.
Ropes 2 are ropes of good quality and of rather large thickness, one rope being used for each side of the steps, each such rope having a length exceeding double the length of the ladder and being folded at the middle 2c thereof thereby forming two equivalent lengths of rope 2a, 2b that run in parallel from the point of folding 2c wherein is being formed a hole 2d due to restricted flexibility of the rope. This hole 2d provides a means of connecting and winding up the rope ladder around the drum located at the deck of the vessel. Starting from the abovernentioned hole 2d, the two parallel lengths 2a, 2b of each rope 2 in each side of steps 1 , pass through successive pairs of predetermined adjacent apertures Ia, Ib provided at the ends of each one of the plurality of steps 1.
The spacer blocks 3 are preferably made from plastic material and they have a standardized H-type cross-section, however with converging and not parallel legs 3a, 3b, a narrower basement and a wider basement 3 c onto which are also provided protruding shafts 13 by means of which the spacer blocks are fitted within an aperture I c provided intermediately in between apertures Ia, Ib at the ends of each one of the plurality of steps 1 that receive the two lengths 2a, 2b of rope 2 running in parallel. Following fitting of protruding shafts 13 into apertures Ic, the wider basement 3 c in question of spacer block 3 comes in contact with the surface of a corresponding step in the plurality of steps 1.
One spacer block 3 is placed on each side of apertures Ia, Ib wherein respectively pass the two lengths 2a, 2b of rope 2 in each side of step 1. The two lengths 2a, 2b of rope 2 are encaged within the cavities being formed in each one of the convergent legs 3 a, 3 b of the spacer block 3 and they follow the convergent configuration thereof so as to converge from the wider
basement 3 c till the narrower basement end of spacer block 3 and eventually come in contact as they exit from the top of the spacer block 3.
At this point of their exit from spacer block 3, the two lengths 2a, 2b of the rope are tied together by means of the metallic clamping sockets 4 proposed in the present invention, such sockets eliminating the employment of manually tying together the two lengths of the rope by means of a strong thread as was the case in the prior art. Thus in between a pair of spacer blocks 3 employed in two successive steps 1 of the rope ladder, the two lengths 2a, 2b of rope 2 at each side of the ladder are assembled into a single, thick member of adequate rigidity, that provides the handgrip means for the user of the rope ladder as he goes down from the vessel to the life boat or reversely as he climbs upwardly to embark the vessel.
The metallic clamping socket 4 depicted in the drawings constitutes the means of fixedly connecting the two converging lengths 2a, 2b of rope 2 following their exit from the spacer block 3, one such clamping socket 4 being used in association with each one of the spacer blocks 3. The metallic clamping socket 4 has an H-type section with a pair of identical legs 4a, 4b with a convex outer surface interconnected by a central traverse member 4c, so as to form a pair of side cavities 14a, 14b inside which respectively enter the two lengths 2a, 2b of rope 2 as they converge following their exit from the spacer block 3. Thereafter the metallic clamping socket 4 is being pressed and takes the form of an ellipse 4 as shown in Fig. 4 wherein are encaged and fixedly connected together the two lengths 2a, 2b of rope 2, thereby providing a functionally and aesthetically upgraded rope ladder, wherein are eliminated possible failures or even deterioration associated with the process of the prior art comprising manually tying together the two lengths of rope 2 by means of a thread.
It is obvious that other alternative configurations of the metallic clamping socket 4 are possible without departing from the method of manufacturing a rope ladder proposed in the present invention.
As shown in the perspective view of Fig. 1 and in the detailed view of Fig. 2, the apparatus employed in the production of the rope ladder of the invention comprises a workbench that is shaped in the form of an elongated rectangular frame formed by metallic members 11. A metallic frame 21 is used on either end of the elongated rectangular workbench for fixedly mounting the same on the ground. Pairs of U-sectioned members 10 are arranged equidistantly along the workbench, a channel 10a being formed in between each pair of U-sectioned members 10, wherein one step 1 of the ladder under construction is placed within each one of the equidistantly arranged channels 1 Oa and wherein the length of each such step 1 extends beyond the abovementioned receiving channels 10a and beyond the side members 11 of the workbench. The number of step receiving channels 10a along the workbench may vary. An illustrative number of eight equidistantly spaced step receiving channels 10a is used in the workbench of the apparatus of the invention. The apparatus of the invention is characterized by that the abovementioned elongated rectangular frame of the workbench formed from metallic members 11 further extends at both elongated sides thereof into a pair of rails 12, 13 running in parallel with the metallic members 11 of the workbench. A carriage 20 whereupon is mounted a press assembly 17 is provided so that it may reciprocatingly slide along rails 12, 13 on each one of the elongated parallel sides of the workbench. The press assembly 17 is used to effect a pressing closure of the aforementioned H- sectioned metallic clamping sockets 4 employed in fixedly connecting together the two parallel running lengths 2a, 2b of rope 2 of the ladder of the invention.
As presented in the detailed view of Fig. 2, the press assembly 17 is mounted onto the carriage 20 that is provided with pairs of wheels 22, 23 that allow reciprocating sliding movement along the corresponding rails 12 and 13. Moreover carriage 20 comprises an internal platform onto which the press assembly is being mounted, wherein this internal platform is capable of performing a sliding traverse movement onto another arrangement of pairs of wheels 24, 25 along a provision of rails 14, 15, wherein rails 14, 15 are oriented perpendicularly with respect to rails 12, 13 respectively and are interconnected by means of metallic laminates 16.
The press assembly 17 mounted onto the reciprocatingly moving carriage 20 comprises a vertically oriented metallic plate 29 at the ends of which are adapted, one against the other, the two jaws 18 and 19 of the pressing closure provision by means of which is being pressed to the condition of closure the metallic clamping socket 4. A piston/cylinder arrangement 27 is provided above the upper jaw 18. A portion of the conductor 28 for the supply of the working fluid, air or oil, is shown at the side of the top of the piston/cylinder arrangement 27. A regulating screw 26 is provided adjacently to the piston/cylinder arrangement 27, this screw being used to provide a terminal stop member enabling the desired orientation and layout of the clamping socket means 4 to be press closed by means of the press assembly in between oppositely located jaws 18, 19 thereof.
Employment of the apparatus for the production of the rope ladder of the invention as described hereinabove and depicted in Figures 1 and 2 results in a new method of production of a rope ladder comprising the below mentioned steps:
Cutting a pair of thick ropes 2 of a durable quality, each at a length exceeding double the desirable length of the rope ladder, and folding each
one of the pair of ropes 2 at the middle 2c thereof to form two equivalent lengths of rope 2a, 2b that run in parallel from the median point of folding 2c wherein, due to restricted flexibility of the rope, a hole 2d is being formed in the vicinity of the point of folding 2c, this hole 2d providing a means of connecting and winding up the rope ladder around a drum located at the deck of the vessel adjacently a life boat.
Placement of a first batch, by way of example of eight steps 1 within an equivalent number of eight step receiving channels 10a along the workbench.
Successive passage of one rope 2 for each side of the plurality of steps
1, rope 2 comprising two parallel running lengths 2a, 2b from a folding point 2c thereof wherein a hole 2d is formed, through successive apertures Ia, Ib provided on either side of each one of the plurality of steps 1.
Applying spacer blocks 3 at both sides, above and below each one of the plurality of steps 1 with the insertion of a protruding shaft 13 of each spacer block 3 within an aperture I c located intermediately in between apertures Ia, Ib of each step 1 and convergence of the two lengths 2a, 2b of rope 2 into the cavities formed by the converging legs 3 a, 3 b of each spacer block 3 thereby forming a single rope member 2a-2b at the exit from the spacer block 3.
Applying a metallic clamping socket 4 in each single rope member 2a-2b at the exit of each spacer block 3 so that the two parts 2a, 2b of the rope enter respectively within channels 14a, 14b being formed in the H- sectioned metallic clamping socket 4.
Sliding a carriage 20 of a press assembly 17 based onto wheels 22, 23 along an arrangement of rails 12, 13 in the longitudinal direction of the workbench and subsequently sliding an internal platform of carriage 20
whereupon is based press assembly 17 onto wheels 24, 25 along an arrangement of rails 14, 15 in the traverse direction of the workbench, whereby longitudinal sliding of carriage 20 and traverse sliding of the internal platform thereof brings press assembly 17 at a position suitable for effecting a pressing operation upon a selected clamping socket 4.
Pressing a manual button or foot pedal activation means of press assembly 17 so as to effect movement of the upper jaw 18 by means of a cylinder/piston arrangement 27 so as to enclave and effect pressure closure of clamping socket 4 in between jaws 18, 19, said clamping socket 4 thereby receiving the form of a closed ellipse.
Repetition of the aforementioned pressing step for the successive closure of all metallic clamping sockets 4 and exporting the ready made portion of the rope ladder comprising the selected batch quantity of e.g. eight steps 1 from the workbench, and
Placement of a next batch, by way of example of eight steps 1 within an equivalent number of eight step receiving channels 10a along the workbench and repetition of the process up to the last step of the rope ladder.
It is hereby noted that any changes or amendments in the above that do not constitute a new inventive step are considered part of the scope and aims of the present invention as defined in the claims.
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