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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
May. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nicholas Charles Henly, Petersfield, GB;
Assignee:
Lewmar Limited, Hampshire, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D 1/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D 1/14 ;
Abstract
A windlass assembly includes a single-turn gypsy for engaging the line and/or chain of an anchor rode of a water craft. This has to be driven from a drive shaft, but also has to have the capacity to rotate relative to the shaft under the influence of the anchor as it is paid out. A lever is movable between positions where it engages drive to and disengages drive from the gypsy. It is biased (e.g. by a spring) towards the engaged position, but in its other position can be pressed onto the gypsy to control the friction to which the latter is subject while rotating relative to the shaft.