Abstract A device for tightening and holding a band securing a movable object such as a mobile home in a fixed position. The device includes a U-shaped bracket which is secured to an anchor and a rotatable spindle journaled in the bracket near its ends; the bracket has aligned holes through its sides. The spindle is slotted to receive the band and is fixed to a circular disc having a series of concentrically located apertures through it in selective alignment with the holes through the bracket. A tightening lever is actuated to rotate the spindle and wind the band around it to tighten the band. The disc and spindle are locked in tightened position by a bolt passed through an aperture in the disc aligned with the holes through the bracket.
A device for tightening and holding an inflexible metal band securing a movable object in a fixed position relative to the ground comprising a U-shaped bracket having aligned first and second pairs of holes through its sides and secured to an anchor fastened in the ground, a rotatable spindle slotted to receive the band and journaled in said first pair of aligned holes in the bracket, a circular disc fixed to the spindle outside of the bracket having a series of concentrically located apertures through it in selective alignment with said second pair of holes through the bracket, a readily detachable tightening lever having a circular hole at one end through which the spindle fits and a lug adjacent to the hole projecting through one of the concentrically located apertures in the disc to wind continuously the band around the spindle and tighten it and means for locking the disc and spindle in tightened position.
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A device for tightening and holding an inflexible metal band securing a movable object in a fixed position relative to the ground comprising a U-shaped bracket having aligned first and second pairs of holes through its sides and secured to an anchor fastened in the ground, a rotatable spindle slotted to receive the band and journaled in said first pair of aligned holes in the bracket, a circular disc fixed to the spindle outside of the bracket having a series of concentrically located apertures through it in selective alignment with said second pair of holes through the bracket, a readily detachable tightening lever having a circular hole at one end through which the spindle fits and a lug adjacent to the hole projecting through one of the concentrically located apertures in the disc to wind continuously the band around the spindle and tighten it and means for locking the disc and spindle in tightened position.