US 12,084,313 B2
Apparatus and method for measuring properties of a rope
Luis S. Padilla, Charlotte, NC (US); and Wesley Conger, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Cortland Industrial LLC, Stafford, TX (US)
Appl. No. 16/312,880
Filed by Cortland Industrial LLC, Stafford, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 26, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/039244
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/223555, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 28, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/354,497, filed on Jun. 24, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/354,492, filed on Jun. 24, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0218062 A1, Jul. 18, 2019
Int. Cl. B66B 7/12 (2006.01); B66C 1/12 (2006.01); B66C 1/54 (2006.01); B66C 15/00 (2006.01); B66D 1/54 (2006.01); D07B 1/14 (2006.01); G01N 29/07 (2006.01); G01N 29/11 (2006.01); G01N 29/22 (2006.01); G01N 29/27 (2006.01)
CPC B66B 7/1215 (2013.01) [B66C 1/12 (2013.01); B66C 15/00 (2013.01); B66D 1/54 (2013.01); D07B 1/145 (2013.01); G01N 29/07 (2013.01); G01N 29/11 (2013.01); G01N 29/22 (2013.01); G01N 29/226 (2013.01); G01N 29/27 (2013.01); B66C 1/54 (2013.01); D07B 2301/5509 (2013.01); D07B 2301/5527 (2013.01); D07B 2301/5563 (2013.01); D07B 2301/5568 (2013.01); D07B 2301/5586 (2013.01); D07B 2501/20 (2013.01); D07B 2501/2015 (2013.01); D07B 2501/2061 (2013.01); G01N 2291/0258 (2013.01); G01N 2291/26 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for measuring one or more properties of a rope, the system comprising:
a sheave assembly including a wheel having a circumferential groove for at least partially receiving the rope; and
a transducer coupled to the wheel in the groove sheave, the transducer being operable to transmit a signal into the rope when the rope is in contact with the wheel to measure at least one property of the rope, the signal being transmitted in a generally transverse direction relative to a longitudinal direction of the rope.