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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:
Jul. 02, 1985
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard J Johannson, Dallas, OR (US);
Assignee:
Towmotor Corporation, Mentor, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
187 / ; 2411 / ;
Abstract
A retention assembly is disclosed for use with an elongated flexible member (22) such as the lift chain used in a lift truck (10). This assembly consists of a first member (30) affixed to the carriage (28) and having an irregular surface (32) corresponding to the irregular surface (26) of the chain. A second clamping member (34) also has an irregular surface (36) for gripping the lift chain (32) with the first member (30). Fastening members (42 and 44) fix the second member (34) to the first member (30) with the lift chain (22) therebetween.