Rope having a spliced eye, corresponding method of forming an eye and use of the rope

1. A rope having an eye, the rope comprising a first rope portion and a second rope portion that are spliced into each other for forming a spliced connection for obtaining the eye, wherein the first rope portion and the second rope portion are formed from an end portion of the rope, said spliced connection extending along at least part of the eye, wherein said being spliced into each other comprises being woven and/or braided into each other.

2. The rope according to claim 1 , wherein the spliced connection extends along substantially the whole eye.

3. The rope according to claim 1 , wherein the first rope portion is approximately equal to the second rope portion.

4. The rope according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness and/or cross section of the first rope portion and the second rope portion are approximately equal.

5. The rope according to claim 1 , wherein the first rope portion has at least one first strand portion and the second rope portion has at least one second strand portion that is distinct from the at least one first strand portion.

6. The rope according to claim 5 , wherein the second strand portions comprised by the second rope portion and the first strand portions comprised by the first rope portion are spliced into each other for forming the spliced connection.

7. The rope according to claim 5 , wherein each second strand portion follows a different trajectory through the first rope portion than the other second strand portions.

8. The rope according to claim 5 , wherein a total amount of the first strand portions of the first rope portion is approximately equal to a total amount of the second strand portions of the second rope portion.

9. The rope according to claim 1 , provided with a jacket that comprises yarns.

10. The rope according to claim 9 , wherein a first portion of the yarns of the jacket is provided around the first rope portion and a second portion of the yarns of the jacket is provided around the second rope portion.

11. The rope according to claim 10 , wherein the first portion of the yarns of the jacket is approximately equal to the second portion of the yarns of the jacket.

12. The rope according to claim 10 , wherein the first rope portion has at least one first strand portion and the second rope portion has at least one second strand portion that is distinct from the at least one first strand portion and wherein the first portion of the yarns of the jacket is provided individually around each first strand portion of the first rope portion so that a yarn of the first portion of the yarns of the jacket surrounds only one of the first strand portions, and the second portion of the yarns of the jacket is provided individually around each second strand portion of the second rope portion so that a yarn of the second portion of the yarns of the jacket surrounds only one of the second strand portions.

13. The rope according to claim 1 , wherein the rope contains a core separated in the end portion into two similar core portions, wherein at least part of these core portions are distributed evenly among the first and second rope portions.

14. The rope according to claim 1 , wherein at least part of the spliced connection is provided with a cover.

15. The rope according to claim 1 , provided with a socket inside the eye.

16. The rope according to claim 1 , terminated at opposite end sides by two similarly formed eyes.

17. A method of forming an eye in a rope having a first rope portion and a second rope portion, wherein the first rope portion and the second rope portion are obtained from an end portion of the rope, the method comprising splicing the second rope portion and the first rope portion into each other for forming a spliced connection in the rope for obtaining the eye, said spliced connection extending along at least part of the eye, wherein said splicing comprises weaving and/or braiding the first and second rope portion into each other.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the first rope portion and the second rope portion are obtained by separating, before splicing, the end portion of the rope into the first rope portion and the second rope portion.

19. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the spliced connection extends along substantially the whole eye.

20. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the first rope portion is approximately equal to the second rope portion.

21. The method according to claim 17 , wherein a thickness and/or cross section of the first rope portion and the second rope portion are approximately equal.

22. The method according to claim 17 , comprising splicing at least one second strand portion of the second rope portion and at least one first strand portion of the first rope portion into each other for forming the spliced connection, wherein the at least one first strand portion of the first rope portion is distinct from the at least one second strand portion of the second rope portion.

23. The method according to claim 22 , comprising splicing the second strand portions of the second rope portion and the first strand portions of the first rope portion into each other for forming the spliced connection.

24. The method according to claim 22 , wherein each second strand portion follows a different trajectory through the first rope portion than the other second strand portions.

25. The method according to claim 22 , wherein a total amount of the first strand portions of the first rope portion is approximately equal to a total amount of the second strand portions of the second rope portion.

26. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the rope comprises a jacket having yarns.

27. The method according to claim 26 , comprising releasing at least a first portion of the yarns of the jacket and releasing at least a second portion of the yarns of the jacket, and providing the first portion of the yarns of the jacket around the first rope portion and providing the second portion of the yarns of the jacket around the second rope portion.

28. The method according to claim 27 , wherein the first portion of the yarns of the jacket is approximately equal to the second portion of the yarns of the jacket.

29. The method according to claim 27 , comprising splicing at least one second strand portion of the second rope portion and at least one first strand portion of the first rope portion into each other for forming the spliced connection, wherein the at least one first strand portion of the first rope portion is distinct from the at least one second strand portion of the second rope portion and providing the first portion of the yarns of the jacket individually around each first strand portion of the first rope portion so that a yarn of the first portion of the yarns of the jacket surrounds only one of the first strand portions, and providing the second portion of the yarns of the jacket individually around each second strand portion of the second rope portion so that a yarn of the second portion of the yarns of the jacket surrounds only one of the second strand portions.

30. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the rope contains a core, and wherein separating the end portion of the rope includes separating the core into two similar core portions, wherein at least part of these core portions are distributed evenly among the first and second rope portions.

31. The method according to claim 17 , comprising providing a cover over at least part, and preferably the whole, of the spliced connection.

32. The rope according to one claim 1 , wherein the first rope portion and the second rope portion comprise a synthetic material.

33. The use of a rope according to claim 1 , for exerting a force from an object on another object with which the rope is connected by means of the eye.

34. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the first rope portion and the second rope portion comprise a synthetic material.

35. The use of a rope manufactured according to claim 17 , for exerting a force from an object on another object with which the rope is connected by means of the eye.