Side-loading ratchet device
AssigneeArmour Holdings Limited
InventorBarry Douglas Armour
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Abstract
A ratchet device 1 for a strap has a body 105 having a side member 109, and a spool 119 having a side 119a rotatably supported by the side member and a ratchet wheel 121 fixed thereto. The body has a member 161 moveable between an open position in which the other side 119b of the spool is exposed to enable a strap to be laterally loaded into the spool 119 from the exposed side of the spool and laterally unloaded from the spool, and a closed position in which said lateral loading and unloading are prevented.
Claims26
A ratchet device for a strap, the ratchet device comprising:
- a body having a side member;
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- a spool having a side rotatably supported by the side member and a ratchet wheel fixed thereto;
- wherein the body further comprises a member movable between an open position in which the other side of the spool is exposed to enable a strap to be laterally loaded into the spool from the exposed side of the spool and laterally unloaded from the spool, and a closed position in which said lateral loading and unloading are prevented.
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