US 6,711,786 B2Granted

Ratcheted lashing strap assembly

AssigneeSpanset Inter AG

InventorsAndré Mamié, David Ehnimb

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Abstract

A ratcheted lashing strap assembly is described. The assembly is formed of a lashing strap and a tightening device. The tightening device has a frame and a winding drum, rotatable in the frame, for winding up the lashing strap. A fixation end of the lashing strap, in the form of a loop, grips a retention strut that is parallel to the winding drum and is firmly attached to the frame. An eye of the loop is penetrated by a support strut, extending approximately parallel to the retention strut, that as a separate component from the tightening device protrudes by both ends from the loop eyelet and on the side opposite the winding drum from the cinching side is braced on the frame on the retention strut and assumes a variable distance from the retention strut. An end run, adjoining a loop foot, of the lashing strap is fixed in clamping fashion by the support strut between the loop and the lashing strap to be cinched.

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Dependent claims

A ratcheted lashing strap assembly, comprising:

a lashing strap for wrapping around goods to be cinched;
a tightening device engaging said lashing strap, said tightening device having a frame, a rotatable winding drum for winding up said lashing strap and supported in said frame, and a retention strut firmly attached to said frame and oriented parallel to an axis of said rotatable winding drum;
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a support strut extending substantially parallel to said retention strut;
said lashing strap having a fixation end in a form of a loop gripping said retention strut and disposed remote from said rotatable winding drum, said loop having a loop base and an eye penetrated by said support strut;
said support strut protrudes as a separate component from said tightening device, said support strut having ends protruding from said eye of said loop and braced on said frame, said support strut disposed on a side of said retention strut opposite said rotatable winding drum, and said support strut assumes a variable distance from said retention strut;
said lashing strap having an end run adjoining said loop base, said end run fixed between said loop and said lashing strap by clamping by said support strut.

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