Clamping mechanism for securing a rope to a winch drum

Details Clamping mechanism for securing a rope to a winch drum Clamping mechanism for securing a rope to a winch drum

1998-04-22

1999-11-23

Avila, Stephen

Ships

Mooring device

Line type

241226, 24135K, B63B 2100

Patent

active

059880953

ABSTRACT:
A rope clamp for clamping a rope to a winch drum surface comprises first and second bolts, each of which has a head and a threaded end, an upper clamp having two opposed ends and a first hole receiving the first bolt near the one end thereof and a second hole receiving the second bolt near the other end thereof. The clamp further includes a lower clamp having two opposed ends and a first indentation open from the one end thereof and receiving the first bolt, and a second indentation open from the other end thereof and receiving the second bolt. The lower clamp further has a bottom adapted to be secured to the surface and having first and second bolt head receiving slots, each of which is wider than its respective one of the first and second indentations, the first and second slots each being open at its respective lower clamp end and receiving a respective bolt head and preventing the respective bolt head from rotating. The clamp further includes two bolt retainer plates, each of which is releasably secured to a respective one of the lower clamp ends over the respective one of the first and second indentations so that the bolts are held in the first and second indentations. The clamp further includes two nuts, each of which is on a respective one of the threaded ends of the bolts.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3395668 (1968-08-01), George
patent: 3851613 (1974-12-01), Armour
patent: 4446807 (1984-05-01), Johnson et al.
patent: 5215463 (1993-06-01), Crook
patent: 5427469 (1995-06-01), Galarnyk

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