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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:
Jun. 05, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Pierre Clausin, Ville d'Avray, FR;
Assignee:
Proengin S.A., , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
114106 ; 114107 ;
Abstract
A sail reducing winder is provided comprising a rotary tube parallel to the longitudinal axis of the mast as well as a device for holding this tube in position, which has at least two curved wings joined together by one of their ends by a connecting element able to be mounted on the mast, these two wings partially surrounding the tube and having, opposite the connecting element, two respective end edges extending parallel to the tube and defining an axial passage zone for the sail, the wings being offset axially so that their end edges are axially spaced apart from each other by a given distance.