Ship's winch comprising a frame which can be attached to a vessel and on which the cable drum and the motor 0 driving said cable drum are provided. Adjacent to the cable drum, a slipping clutch is provided and between slipping clutch and the motor, a freewheel mechanism is provided which works towards the frame. The slipping clutch is embodied not to transmit further load to the freewheel mechanism or motor, respectively, in case of a certain overload caused by tension in the towing cable. In addition, by positioning the freewheel mechanism/clutch in this manner, the motor output for pulling in a certain load under greatly varying stresses can be reduced.
Winch
2015-11-26
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B66D Haspeln , CAPSTANS |