Patent ID: 8646755
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: B66D

Abstract:
1. A wildcat ( 1 ) for a windlass for dropping down or hoisting an anchor for a marine vehicle, wherein the anchor being coupled to an end of a chain ( 3 ) having inter-engaged horizontal links ( 5 ) and vertical links ( 6 ), comprising a hole ( 4 ) formed at the center of the wildcat for engaging a shaft to the hole for rotating the wildcat ( 1 ), a bearing surface ( 12 ) being radially remote from the center of the wildcat ( 1 ) for transferring chain links ( 5 , 6 ) there over, horizontal link housings ( 7 ) and vertical link housings ( 8 ) each provided one after another along the bearing surface ( 12 ) for housing each respective chain link, the housings ( 7 , 8 ) having forms matching contours of each respective chain link, wherein each of the horizontal link housings ( wherein the wildcat ( wherein the wildcat ( wherein each of the discs (