ROPES OR CABLES IN GENERAL

**Definition:** This place covers:

Ropes and cables and the associated machines and methods for their manufacturing. The main focus of ropes and cables must be to bear tensile loads.

**Limiting references (this place does not cover):** - Shoe laces -> A43C1/00 , A43C9/00 - Belts -> B66B7/062 , F16G1/12 - Roundsling -> B66C1/12 - Yarns and threads -> D02G3/00 - Cables for bridge construction filled with concrete -> E01D19/16 - Hoses -> F16L11/00 - Electrical cables for electricity transport (except if several wires do not serve to conduct electricity but are designed to cope with tensile load D07B1/147 ) -> H01B - Umbilicals -> H01B7/046 , H01B7/0072 , F16L9/00 , F16L11/00 , E21B

**Glossary:** - Ropes and cables: F lexible elongate entities manufactured respectively from fibres/filaments and wires. They can only cope with tensile loads. They cannot bear shear, compressive or torsion forces. Cables may be strand like or rope like. A cable has normally the following structure: wire - strand - rope/cable.Fibrous ropes are always rope like. A fibrous rope has normally the following structure: filament / textile yarn / rope yarn - strand - rope. Fibrous ropes often have a construction different from a laid rope, e.g. a parallel yarn rope, a Kernmantle rope or a braided rope.