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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 24, 2023
Columbus Mckinnon Corporation, Getzville, NY (US);
William P. Wells, Jr., Ider, AL (US);
Columbus McKinnon Corporation, Getzville, NY (US);
Abstract
A gearless binder has a main tube with internal threads at opposed open ends. The gearless binder has a pair of semicircular threaded shafts threadably received in the opposed open ends such that, when the shafts are connected by hooks to a chain and prevented from rotation, the rotation of the tube by a gearless mechanism causes the shafts to simultaneously move inward relative to the tube increasing tension on the opposed hooks to secure a load. A spring disposed around the tube provides a gripping force on the tube to allow for rotation of the tube in a first direction to cause the threaded members to enter the tube to secure a load.