Vacuum anchor system

摘要

A vacuum anchor for securing a fall protection system to a surface has a gas inlet to receive pressurized gas from a gas container and generates a vacuum to secure the anchor to a surface. An attachment enables a fall protection system to be connected to the anchor, the attachment being rotatably mounted to the anchor. A container mounting device is provided for mounting the gas container to the anchor in connection with the gas inlet, the container mounting means being rotatable with the rotatable. Alternatively or additionally, the gas inlet is coaxial with the axis of rotation of the attachment means.

主权项

1. A vacuum anchor for securing a fall protection system to a surface, the anchor comprising:
an anchor body having a gas inlet configured to receive pressurised gas from a gas container, and to generate a vacuum to secure the body to a surface; and attachment means for connecting a fall protection system to the anchor body, the attachment means being rotatably mounted to the anchor body; wherein: (i) the vacuum anchor further comprises container mounting means for mounting a gas container to the anchor body in connection with the gas inlet, the container mounting means being arranged to be rotatable with the rotatable attachment means; (ii) the gas inlet is fixed to the anchor body, and the attachment means and the container mounting are arranged to rotate about the gas inlet relative to the gas inlet and the anchor body.