Patent ID: 6776397
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: B66D

Abstract:
Convertible winch, comprising a basic body, motion transmission and reduction means, for the manual and powered operation, with a mono-direction rotation, and manual or powered operation according to at least two directions, with different rotation speed, and a central hole for the insertion of manual operation means, said motion transmission and reduction means providing at least a central gear, a lower gear, and a slidable side gear, coupling, by pawls, with said central gear or with said lower gear, determining the rotation according to different speed in function of the rotation direction of the manual or powered operation means, said winch further providing, inside said body, means interacting with said slidable gear, on which a operable button removably acts, inside said insertion central hole of the manual operation means said interaction means being able to take two positions, respectively a position locking said pawls, and a position releasing the same pawls, in order to obtain a uniform rotation according both directions, or a rotation according a single direction, with at least two different rotation speeds.