Truck bumper and cable winch unit

Abstract

Abstract A truck bumper and cable winch unit which embodies a bumper extending transversely in spaced relation ahead of the frame of a truck, structure rigidly securing the bumper in connection with the truck frame, a housing fixed rearwardly of the bumper intermediate its ends, the securing structure and the bumper defining the housing in part, the bumper having a forwardly facing opening therein in communication with the housing, a door normally closing the opening, the door being adapted to carry an overlying license plate whereby the door is normally concealed by the license plate, a power-driven cable winch mounted in the housing, the winch including a drum having a cable wound thereon, the cable being adapted to pay from the drum and thence extend as a reach through the opening and beyond the door when the latter is open, vertical-axis cable reach guide spools secured on the bumper at each end of the opening, and vertical axis sheaves mounted in connection with the ends of the bumper and each exposed in part for reception in direction-changing relation of the cable reach.

Inventors

• 👤 Raymond W. Robinson

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