Patent ID: 11926990
Assignee: MIDWESTERN MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  B  F | IPC B  E  F

Claim 11:
12. A heavy equipment recovery winch system, comprising:
a mount assembly mounted between tracks on a final drive end of an undercarriage frame of an excavator;
a recovery winch assembly configured to be removably mounted to the mount assembly, the recovery winch assembly, comprising:
a winchbox having a pair of mounting plates, a winch having a cable such that the winch is positioned between the pair of mounting plates and an integrated fairlead mounted on a portion of the winchbox so as to guide the cable from the winch;

a fairlead assembly mountable to a bottom of an upper frame of the excavator on a counterweight end of the excavator so as to guide the cable positioned under the excavator and prevent damage to the cable and bottom of the excavator; and
a hydraulic assembly mounted to a center rotating portion of the excavator and the hydraulic assembly operatively connected to the recovery winch assembly.