Patent ID: 11905148
Assignee: BASECAMP INNOVATIONS LTD.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A snatch block comprising:
a stationary first cheek residing in a first plane on a first side of an internal space of the snatch block;
a movable second cheek residing in a second plane on an opposing second side of an internal space of the snatch block in spaced and opposing relation to said first cheek, said second cheek being slidable back and forth in said second plane between a closed position and an open position;
at least one sheave rotatably supported on said first and second cheeks in the internal space therebetween, and said sheave being rotatable around a rotation axis that transversely penetrates said first and second planes; and
a crown attached to the stationary first cheek and jutting inwardly therefrom toward the second plane at a position spaced outwardly from a periphery of the sheave in a radial direction relative to said rotation axis, thereby delimiting a swallow that remains open between the sheave and the crown to accommodate passage of a rope therethrough;
wherein said movable second cheek is slidable, relative to the first cheek, and in linear fashion along an axis lying transversely of the rotation axis of the sheave, between the closed position, in which the movable second cheek connects with the crown and closes off the swallow at the second side of the interior space, and the open position, in which an access gap opens into the swallow between the movable second cheek and the crown at the second side of the interior space to enable loading of the rope into the swallow via said access gap.