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Ratchet cap for winch

  • US 7,618,021 B2
  • Filed: 04/26/2006
  • Issued: 11/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a ratcheted winch for tightening a strap to retain an article on a vehicle deck, said winch having a shaft around which the strap is wound in a direction to tighten the strap, a ratcheting cap comprising:

  • means for attaching said ratcheting cap to the shaft of the winch;

    a pair of pins mounted in said ratcheting cap in opposing positions;

    a plate having a plurality of recesses arranged in a circular configuration formed therein;

    means for resiliently driving said pins into said recesses in abutment against the inner walls of said recesses;

    said recesses each having one end which prevents the pins from being driven out of the recesses and an opposite end which permits said pins to be driven out of a recess into an adjoining recess; and

    means for driving said pins either towards said one end of said recesses or towards the opposite end of said recesses;

    wherein said ratcheting cap has first and second sections, means for removably attaching said two sections to each other, and means for attaching said first section to said winch shaft;

    including a protective sleeve fitted over the attachment between said first and second sections of said ratcheting cap to prevent moisture and contaminants from entering said ratcheting cap.

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