Patent ID: 6059267
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B66D

Abstract:
A lever hoist comprisinga drive shaft connected at its base end to a load sheave through a transmission gear series,a pressure receiving member rigidly secured to said drive shaft,a press drive member threaded onto an axially forward part of said pressure receiving member in such a manner that it may travel forward and backward and can be rotated by means of an operating handle,a reverse rotation stop ring interposed between said pressure receiving member and said press drive member and rotatable in a wind-up direction only,a pair of friction members disposed on both sides of said reverse rotation stop ring in such a manner that they may be pressed by said press drive member,a left hand coil spring interposed between said pressure receiving member and press drive member with both ends being bent radially outwardly to form a base engaging portion and a tip engaging portion, characterized in that:said pressure receiving member is provided with an axially extending boss surrounding a forwardly opening boss hole for accepting the base engaging portion of said coil spring, said boss hole being formed with a radially outwardly extending first engaging groove opening at an axially forward side of said boss,said press drive member is formed with a spring-loading hole opening at the axially base side for accepting the tip engaging portion of said coil spring and a second engaging groove extending radially outwardly opening at the axially base side,said second engaging groove includes an inclined surface which is inclined in a wind-down direction as it approaches the axially forward surface,an angle formed between the wind-down directional inclined surface of said second engaging groove and the axially backward surface of said press drive member is an acute angle,said first engaging groove is formed in the pressure receiving member and engaged with the base engaging portion of the coil spring to arrest rotation of the coil spring in the wind-up direction with respect to the pressure receiving member, andsaid second engaging groove is formed in the press drive member and engaged with the tip engaging portion of the coil spring to arrest rotation of the press drive member in the wind-up direction with respect to the coil spring.