CLAMP FOR CONNECTING ROPES

A clamp for connecting ropes comprises a material which can be deformed under pressure with two U-shaped recesses arranged on opposite sides of the single-piece clamp into which the rope strands to be connected can be inserted, wherein the arm-like walls of the U-shaped recesses are pressed together and deformed following insertion of the rope strands, in order to form a ring which surrounds each rope strand, wherein the clamp prior to deformation essentially has the shape of a double cone including two cone stumps, and the U-shaped recesses are arranged respectively in the cone stump. At least one of the arm-like walls comprises at least one elevation facing toward the U-shaped recess, wherein the distance between the elevation and the opposite arm-like wall is slightly smaller than a diameter of the rope strands to be connected, and the at least one elevation extends in a longitudinal direction which runs parallel to both arm walls of the U-shaped recess over the length of the arm wall.