A protective sleeve for a piece of equipment, such as a marine deck or dock structure, which is intended for contact with wire rope is disclosed. The protective sleeve comprises at least one sleeve section shaped to conform to a portion of a peripheral surface of the equipment. The at least one sleeve section may comprise a first end portion, a second end portion, and a means for connecting the at least one sleeve section in end-to-end relation by connecting at least the first end portion of a first sleeve section to the second end portion of the same sleeve section or an adjacent sleeve section. In certain embodiments, the protective sleeve may be composed of a durable polymer material having a Shore D hardness of greater than about 60 or a Shore A hardness of greater than about 85.
Equipment protection sleeves
2016-11-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |
Emerald Group Publishing | 2002
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