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US 2006/0231814 A1Published application
Winch cable rewind guide
OwnerThomas Birdsall, Timothy Jamesinventors
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A handheld guide for guiding a cable being wound onto a powered winch drum includes a split tubular member with opposed longitudinal slots. A pair of cable gripping members are positioned in the split tubular member and each gripping member includes a longitudinally extending actuating member extending outwardly through a slot in the split tubular member. Each of the cable gripping members includes a groove oriented in facing relationship to engage a cable being wound onto the winch drum. The split tubular member and cable gripping members are retained in assembled relation by a pair of slotted end caps threaded onto the ends of the split tubular member.
A winch cable guide comprising a pair of opposed semi-cylindrical half tubes having threaded external ends, an internally threaded end cap engaging each of said threaded ends of said half tubes to form a split tubular member, a cable gripping member mounted longitudinally in each half tube, each half tube including a longitudinal closed end slot therein, each cable gripping member including an actuating member extending outwardly through one of said slots to enable a user to grip the actuating members extending through said slots to move said gripping members into gripping engagement with a cable passing between said gripping members to guide and exert tension on said cable when being wound onto or unwound from a cable winch drum.
In combination with a cable connected to a rotatable drum, a handheld cable guide and gripping device comprising a split tubular member receiving said cable therethrough, end cap members retaining the split tubular member on the cable, at least one cable gripping member mounted within said split tubular member in engagement with said cable, said gripping member including a radially extending actuating member extending radially through a wall portion of said split tubular member with an outer end of said actuating member being manually moveable radially to grippingly engage the gripping member with said cable to enable a tension force to be exerted on said cable by a user gripping the split tubular member and actuating member.
The combination as claimed in 5, wherein said split tubular member is constructed of plastic material and said gripping member includes an elongated plate having a groove therein with said plate being constructed of metallic material for frictional engagement with said cable.
A gripping device for frictionally gripping an elongated small cross-section strand of material for gripping and exerting axial force on said strand, said gripping device comprising a split tubular member positioned on opposite sides of said strand, a pair of strand gripping members moveably supported by said split tubular member for movement toward and away from said strand to grip said strand, each of said gripping members including an actuating member extending outwardly of said split tubular member to enable application of inward force on said gripping members to frictionally engage said strand with said gripping members.
The gripping device as claimed in 7, wherein the ends of said split tubular member are externally threaded and an internally threaded end cap engaging each of the externally threaded ends of said split tubular member to secure components of said split tubular member in assembled relation to enable the gripping members to be moved inwardly and frictionally engage said strand and move and guide said strand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.