Power winch

Abstract

A power winch for retrieving a load using a strap comprising: a motor, where the motor includes a drive shaft, where the drive shaft extends from the motor and a gear coupling at the end of the drive shaft; at least one gear reducer; at least one drive shaft, where said drive shaft engages the at least one gear reducer; a gear extension in each drive shaft; and four rollers that engage the gears of the at least one drive shaft where the rollers are designated as a first top roller, the second top roller, a first bottom roller, and a second bottom roller, where the first top roller and first bottom roller are aligned in a first vertical plane and a second top roller and second bottom roller are aligned in a second vertical plane. The four rollers are positioned at four different respective vertical heights. A strap interweaves through the four rollers that allows for the movement of the strap through the rollers powered by the motor. In one exemplary embodiment, the power winch further includes a winch drum, where the winch drum is used to collect the strap that is interweaved through the four rollers.

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