Apparatus for tensioning a sail

Details Apparatus for tensioning a sail Apparatus for tensioning a sail

1992-02-04

1994-01-25

Oberleitner, Robert J.

Ships

Sail or control means therefor

Specific sail structure or arrangement

114102, B63H 904

Patent

active

052807630

ABSTRACT:
A sail tensioning device comprises a handle 70, an arm 73 and a tube 75 which fit together to form the device. The handle is fixed by a strip of webbing which fits in an opening 77 and is stitched to a sail to provide an anchor for the handle. The arm 73 fits in a cavity in the handle 70 to pivot about an intermediate point of the handle and urge the tube 76 against a batten (not shown), as the handle swivels about the anchor. Urging the batten in this way forces the batten against a remote end of a batten pocket to tension the sail.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1362950 (1920-12-01), Ljungstrom
patent: 1609821 (1926-12-01), Ibold
patent: 1742234 (1930-01-01), Clifton
patent: 2831447 (1958-04-01), Hanna
patent: 4700921 (1987-10-01), Holbrook
patent: 5012755 (1991-05-01), Lockhard
patent: 5065685 (1991-11-01), Stevenson

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