Patent ID: 6726182
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: B66D,Y10T

Abstract:
A manual marine winch comprising:a housing attached to a marine deck; a drum rotatably supported on the housing, wherein a cable is adapted to be wound onto the drum; a control assembly for manually operating the winch coupled to the drum for loading and releasing the load on the drum, the control assembly including a loading lever for assisting in loading and releasing the load on the drum; a pair of locking gears attached to the drum; and a pair of locking dogs supported on the housing and separate from the control assembly, each locking dog independently selectively engaged with and disengaged from one of the pair of locking gears, wherein the drum is prevented from being unwound to release the load on the drum when one locking dog is engaged with a respective locking gear, and wherein the pair of locking dogs are independent of the control assembly whereby the locking dogs can be selectively engaged or disengaged with an associated locking gear.