Patent ID: 11945668
Assignee: nan
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 4:
5. A winding tool for winding a strap onto a drum of a cargo winch, the winding tool comprising:
a shaft having opposite first and second ends and a rotational axis extending therebetween, the first end attached to a handle and the second end attached to an elastomeric plug, the elastomeric plug having a cross-section that is perpendicular to the rotational axis of the shaft, wherein a geometry of the cross-section of the elastomeric plug is stellate and comprises a plurality of circumferential vertices located at a circumference of the elastomeric plug, and
an outer diameter of the elastomeric plug is uniform from a first end to a second end of the elastomeric plug, the second end opposite the first end of the elastomeric plug, and
wherein the outer diameter of the elastomeric plug is reduced when the elastomeric plug is compressed upon insertion into a drum hub of the drum of the cargo winch so as to releasably engage an outer surface of the elastomeric plug with an inner surface of the drum hub, wherein a torque applied to the shaft and the elastomeric plug is transmitted to the inner surface of the drum hub so as to rotate the drum hub and the corresponding drum of the cargo winch when the shaft is rotated about the shaft's rotational axis.