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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nicholas Charles Henly, Petersfield, GB;
Assignee:
Lewmar Mrine Limited, Havant, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
254333 ; 254383 ;
Abstract
A gypsy-type winch has a sheave for driving a rope, chain or rope-chain pulling element. The pulling element is urged into contact with the sheave by a spring assembly acting on the element at positions spaced apart from each other and in different sides respectively of a first diameter extending between the inlet and outlet runs of the element, but both on one side of a second diameter perpendicular to the first.