Vehicle winch
CA 1283095 C · Owner: Bellway (Services) Limited · Inventors: Hofmann, Dietrich A.; O'Connell, Geoffrey W.; Norman, Michael E.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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The invention relates to a winch for a vehicle which is compact enough to be located at the rear of the vehicle without causing due limitation to the cross country ability of the vehicle and yet at the same time, provides a reliable winch for drawing a vehicle to be towed to it and enabling the coupling member to be physically secured to the vehicle when the cable is in the fully wound position. The winch comprises a housing, a drum rotatable about its axis within the housing, a cable having a coupling member at a bitter end thereof, said cable being adapted to wound upon said drum, characterised by the motor means being disposed within the drum itself, a guide member being provided for …
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- Granted April 16, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended April 16, 2008.
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