Load lowering device

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1982-02-01

1983-11-22

Jillions, John M.

Winding, tensioning, or guiding

Strand tensioning device

Tortuous course

74789, 294 78R, 182237, 182239, B65H 7548

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044164300

ABSTRACT:
A compact, self-contained device for use in safely lowering filled beer kegs from the bed of a delivery truck to the ground. The device includes a hollow drum rotatably carried within a sealed housing which can be removably interconnected to a rigid support in the load bay of the truck. A length of cable is wound about the drum and the free end thereof is connected to the keg chimes by means of a unique harness assembly. When the keg is pushed from the truck the cable is uniformly paid out from the drum against the urging of a rewind spring. The rate of descent of the keg to the ground is precisely controlled through a speed increaser housed within the drum which drives a novel centrifugal brake at high speeds producing a predetermined amount of drag on the drum. Upon disconnecting the harness assembly the cable is automatically rewound on the drum by the rewind spring.

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patent: 2791397 (1957-05-01), Coffman
patent: 2896912 (1959-07-01), Faugier et al.
patent: 3041044 (1962-06-01), Nixon

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