Winch

Abstract

The invention concerns a winch (10) comprising a hub (14) about which a length of cable (16) can be wound when the hub is caused to rotate. The winch of the invention includes a guiding system (22) for distributing the cable about the hub and a drive assembly (24) connected to the guiding system. The drive assembly has a first drive configuration and a second drive configuration wherein the first drive configuration will cause the guiding system to distribute the cable in a first direction about the hub and the second drive configuration will cause the guiding system to distribute cable in a second direction about the hub. The winch of the invention further also includes a switch (28) for switching the drive assembly between its first and second drive configurations. The invention also extends to a guiding arrangement for retro-fitment to a hub of an existing winch.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.