Boat deck windlass

Claim 2

A compact windlass with compound gearing for installation upon and above a deck and with a drive shaft to be exposed through an opening in said deck, and including, a frame with a chamber therein defined by a base and upstanding walls closed at the top and with an access opening in at least one of said upstanding walls, a bearing plate closing said access opening, input transmission means comprised of a pair of shafts journaled in the frame, one of said pair of shafts being driveably accessible through a bearing opening in the base of the frame and driveably carrying a drive element within said chamber, and the other of said pair of shafts being confined within said chamber and driveably carrying a driven element within said chamber, means interengaging said two elements to effect a speed reduction of the second mentioned element and the otheR of said pair of shafts, and output transmission means comprised of the other of said pair of shafts and an output shaft angularly related thereto and extending transversely through said chamber, the output shaft projecting through and journaled in a bearing opening in said bearing plate and driveably carrying a line hauling element at the exterior of the frame and driveably carrying a wheel within said chamber, and the other of said pair of shafts driveably carrying a worm engageably meshed with the wheel to effect a second speed reduction multiplying the first mentioned speed reduction.

Claim 3

The windlass with speed reducing means as set forth in claim 1 wherein, the lower portion of the chamber is a sump to contain lubricant, and wherein the first mentioned driveably accessible shaft projects through a shaft seal surrounding the said opening in the base of the frame.

Claim 4

The windlass with speed reducing means as set forth in claim 1 wherein, the drive and driven elements of the input transmission means are gears, and wherein the means interengaging said two elements is intermeshed teeth thereon respectively.

Claim 5

The windlass with speed reducing means as set forth in claim 1 wherein, the access opening in the upstanding wall of the frame is sizeable to permit the entry into said chamber of the drive elements and said wheel and worm, and wherein said pair of shafts are each entered into journaled position in the frame through bearing openings through the base thereof respectively.

Claim 6

The windlass with speed reducing means as set forth in claim 1 wherein, there is an access opening in each opposite upstanding side wall of the frame, wherein a bearing plate closes each of said opposite side wall access openings, and wherein the output shaft projects through and is journaled in each of said bearing plates to carry line hauling elements at opposite exterior sides of the frame.

Claim 7

A compact windlass with compound gearing for installation upon and above a deck and with a removable motor below said deck and with a separable drive shaft extended through an opening in said deck, and including, a frame with a chamber therein defined by a base and upstanding walls closed at the top and with an access opening in at least one of said upstanding walls, a bearing plate closing said access opening, transmission means comprised of input and output shafts journaled in the frame, the input shaft being driveably accessible through a bearing opening in the base of the frame and driveably carrying a drive element within said chamber, the output shaft extending transversely through said chamber and projecting through a bearing opening in said bearing plate and driveably carrying a line hauling element at the exterior of the frame and driveably carrying a drive element within said chamber, means interengaging said two drive elements to effect a speed reduction, the said drive shaft of the motor being slideably coupled to the said input shaft.

Claim 8

A compact windlass with compound gearing for installation upon and above a deck and with a removable motor below said deck and with a separable drive shaft extended through an opening in said deck, and including, a frame with a chamber therein defined by a base and upstanding walls closed at the top and with an access opening in at least one of said upstanding walls, a bearing plate closing said access opening, transmission means comprised of input and output shafts journaled in the frame, the input shaft being driveably accessible through a bearing opening in the base of the frame and driveably carrying a drive element within said chamber, the output shaft extending transversely through said chamber and projecting through a bearing opening in said bearing plate and driveably carrying a line hauling element at the exterior of the frame and driveably carrying a drive element within said chamber, means interengaging said two drive elements to effect a speed reduction, the said drive shaft of the motor being slideably coupled to the said input shaft.

Claim 9

The windlass and motor as set forth in claim 6 and wherein the motor is mounted onto the frame by fastening means extending through the deck.

Claim 10

The windlass and motor as set forth in claim 6 and wherein the motor is mounted onto the frame by fasteners projecting therefrom and through spacing means extending through the deck.

Claim 11

The windlass and motor as set forth in claim 6 and wherein the motor is mounted onto the frame by circumferentially spaced and axially disposed fasteners projecting therefrom and through tubular spacers extending through the deck.

Claim 12

The windlass and motor as set forth in claim 6 and wherein at least the drive shaft of the motor or the said input shaft projects from the motor or base of the frame respectively, a distance substantially equal to a minimum deck thickness.

Claim 13

The windlass and motor as set forth in claim 6 and wherein the drive shaft of the motor projects from the end thereof opposed to the underside of the deck, a distance substantially equal to a minimum deck thickness.

Claim 14

A compact winDlass with compound gearing for installation upon and above a deck and with a removable motor below said deck and with a separable drive shaft extended through an opening in said deck, and including, a frame with a chamber therein defined by a base and upstanding walls closed at the top and with an access opening in at least one of said upstanding walls, a bearing plate closing said access opening, input transmission means comprised of a pair of shafts journaled in the frame, one of said pair of shafts being driveably accessible through a bearing opening in the base of the frame and driveably carrying a drive element within said chamber, and the other of said pair of shafts being confined within said chamber and driveably carrying a driven element within said chamber, means interengaging said two elements to effect a speed reduction of the second mentioned element and the other of said pair of shafts, and output transmission means comprised of the other of said pair of shafts and an output shaft angularly related thereto and extending transversely through said chamber, the output shaft projecting through and journaled in a bearing opening in said bearing plate and driveably carrying a line hauling element at the exterior of the frame and driveably carrying a wheel within said chamber, and the other of said pair of shafts driveably carrying a worm engageably meshed with the wheel to effect a second speed reduction multiplying the first mentioned speed reduction, the said drive shaft of the motor being slideably coupled to the said driveably accessible one shaft of the input transmission means.

Claim 15

A compact winDlass with compound gearing for installation upon and above a deck and with a removable motor below said deck and with a separable drive shaft extended through an opening in said deck, and including, a frame with a chamber therein defined by a base and upstanding walls closed at the top and with an access opening in at least one of said upstanding walls, a bearing plate closing said access opening, input transmission means comprised of a pair of shafts journaled in the frame, one of said pair of shafts being driveably accessible through a bearing opening in the base of the frame and driveably carrying a drive element within said chamber, and the other of said pair of shafts being confined within said chamber and driveably carrying a driven element within said chamber, means interengaging said two elements to effect a speed reduction of the second mentioned element and the other of said pair of shafts, and output transmission means comprised of the other of said pair of shafts and an output shaft angularly related thereto and extending transversely through said chamber, the output shaft projecting through and journaled in a bearing opening in said bearing plate and driveably carrying a line hauling element at the exterior of the frame and driveably carrying a wheel within said chamber, and the other of said pair of shafts driveably carrying a worm engageably meshed with the wheel to effect a second speed reduction multiplying the first mentioned speed reduction, the said drive shaft of the motor being slideably coupled to the said driveably accessible one shaft of the input transmission means.

Claim 16

The windlass and motor as set forth in claim 12 and wherein the motor is mounted onto the frame by fastening means extending through the deck.

Claim 17

The windlass and motor as set forth in claim 12 and wherein the motor is mounted onto the frame by fasteners projecting therefrom and through spacing means extending through the deck.

Claim 18

The windlass and motor as set forth in claim 12 and wherein the motor is mounted onto the frame by circumferentially spaced and axially disposed fasteners projecting therefrom and through tubular spacers extending through the deck.

Claim 19

The windlass and motor as set forth in claim 12 and wherein at least the drive shaft of the motor or the said driveably accessible one shaft of the input transmission means projects from the motor or base of the frame respectively, a distance substantially equal to a minimum deck thickness.

Claim 20

The windlass and motor as set forth in claim 12 and wherein the drive shaft of the motor projects from the end thereof opposed to the underside of the deck, a distance substantially equal to a minimum deck thickness.