Patent ID: 9527701
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: B66D,G21C,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A dual drive winch assembly, comprising: a first winch drum; a second winch drum; and a drive assembly, the drive assembly comprising: wherein the first shaft is selectively movable within the first drive shaft assembly between a first engaged position wherein the first shaft is coupled to the coupling mechanism and a first disengaged position wherein the first shaft is not coupled to the coupling mechanism, wherein the second shaft is selectively movable within the second drive shaft assembly between a second engaged position wherein the second shaft is coupled to the coupling mechanism and a second disengaged position wherein the second shaft is not coupled to the coupling mechanism, and wherein when the first shaft is in the first engaged position and the second shaft is in the second engaged position simultaneously, rotation of one of first shaft and the second shaft will, through the coupling mechanism, cause rotation of the other of the first shaft and the second shaft.