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US 12,722,945 B2Granted
Forestry winch
AssigneeBernward Welschof
InventorsBernward Welschof, Michael Willenbücher, Claus Hofmann
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Abstract
This invention relates to a forestry winch that has a rope drum driven by a drive motor and an ejector roller driven by an additional drive motor, wherein a rope runs from the rope drum to the ejector roller and is guided over the ejector roller. The rope is pressed against the ejector roller by means of a pressing device. The pressing device has at least three pressing elements which are distributed around the periphery of the ejector roller.
Claims15
A forestry winch comprising:
- a rope drum driven by a hydraulic drive motor;
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- an ejector roller driven by an additional hydraulic drive motor,
- wherein a rope is guided from the rope drum to the ejector roller and over the ejector roller,
- wherein the rope is pressed by a pressing device against the ejector roller,
- wherein the pressing device has at least three pressing elements, which are distributed around the periphery of the ejector roller, and
- wherein the at least three pressing elements are biased toward the ejector roller by at least three biasing elements, each of the at least three biasing elements corresponding to one of the at least three pressing elements.
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