auxiliary rope-fastening device
auxiliary rope-fastening device
[ȯg′zil·yə·rē ′rōp ‚fas·ən·iŋ di‚vīs] (mechanical engineering)
A device attached to an elevator car, to a counterweight, or to the overhead dead-end rope-hitch support, that automatically supports the car or counterweight in case the fastening for the wire rope (cable) fails.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
auxiliary rope-fastening device
A device attached to an elevator car, to a counterweight, or to the overhead dead-end rope-hitch support; automatically supports the car or counterweight in case the fastening for the wire rope (cable) fails.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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