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

Claim 2:
3. 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 of the shaft attached to a handle and the second end of the shaft attached to an elastomeric plug,
the elastomeric plug having a cylindrical body and a rotational axis, the rotational axis of the elastomeric plug being coaxial with the rotational axis of the shaft,
the elastomeric plug further including a plurality of longitudinal notches cut into the cylindrical body, each notch of the plurality of longitudinal notches positioned parallel to the rotational axis of the elastomeric plug,
the cylindrical body having an outer diameter, wherein the outer diameter of the cylindrical body is greater than an inner diameter of a drum hub of the drum of the cargo winch,
wherein, when the elastomeric plug is inserted into the drum hub of the cargo winch by applying an axial force to the shaft, the elastomeric plug compresses radially inwardly towards the rotational axis of the elastomeric plug to reduce the outer diameter of the cylindrical body.