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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 1978
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Alexander, Elstree, GB;
John T Webb, Sunningdale, GB;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2541755 ; 242 / ;
Abstract
There is provided a winch which comprises at least one, preferably twin, haulage drums, at least one haulage wheel for delivering cable to the drum, and drive mechanism for rotating the haulage drum and the haulage wheel. Advantageously, the winch comprises twin haulage drums, a chain of gears for driving the haulage drums, the majority of the gears being mounted on shafts which lie substantially in a substantially horizontal plane passing substantially through the axes of the haulage drums, at least one haulage wheel for delivering cable to the twin haulage drums, and drive mechanism for rotating the twin haulage drums and the haulage wheel.