Winch mount
OwnerYair Bartalinventor
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Abstract
In order to increase winch safety, power and utility method for using a winch and a method for mounting a winch based on ensuring that the force exerted by the winch cable on the drum rotation axis and the drum rotation axis remains perpendicular throughout winch operation are disclosed. An improved winch mount which allows the user of the winch to ensure that the force exerted by the winch cable on the drum rotation axis and the drum rotation axis remains perpendicular throughout winch operation is disclosed.
Claims27
A method of operating a winch attached to a first object, the first object having a main axis and the winch having a drum, a drum rotation axis and a cable, the winch being employed to draw the first object and a remote second object together when the second object is off-axis from the first object by more than 2°, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) attaching the cable to the second object;
- b) activating the winch;
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- c) moving the winch relative to the first object so as to align the winch, so that when the winch is activated, a force exerted by the cable on the drum is substantially perpendicular to the drum rotation axis
- wherein said alignment includes rotating the winch around an alignment axis, said alignment axis being substantially perpendicular to the drum rotation axis.
A winch mount for mounting a winch with a cable and a drum rotation axis, the winch mount comprising:
- a) an object having a mount-base, said object supported by a surface;
- b) a winch-holder configured to hold the winch in a fixed position relative to said winch-holder and rotatably attached to said mount-base along an alignment axis, where rotation of said winch-holder relative to said mount-base around said alignment axis is substantially perpendicular to the drum rotation axis and wherein said alignment axis is substantially parallel to the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.