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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
Erwin F'Geppert, Oakland, MI (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414546 ; 212262 ; 212242 ; 212258 ; 212259 ; 254280 ; 254284 ; 414541 ;
Abstract
A hoist that includes a winding drum for a load-lift cable mechanism. The um has two drum sections of slightly different diameter; end portions of the cable are wound in different directions on the drum sections, so that one cable section winds onto a drum section while the other cable section winds off the other drum section. The effect is to provide a very slow net cable motion related to the difference in drum section diameters. The hoist includes a latch mechanism adapted to suspend the load from the boom during certain periods of a load transfer operation.