Load securing pulley system
View Patent ↗A load securing pulley supports the weight of a hoisted load by restraining a load-support cord in order to maintain tension within the load-support cord between the hoisted load and the load securing pulley. The load securing pulley includes a wheel-supporting housing, a wheel-receiving opening, a hook retention eye, a rope lock, and a pulley wheel. The hook retention eye is connected to the wheel-supporting housing such that the present invention is able to be suspended from a hook to a raised horizontal support. The wheel-receiving opening laterally traverses into the wheel-supporting housing in order to allow the pulley wheel to be positioned and rotate within the wheel-supporting housing. The rope lock allows for the load-support cord to be secured to the present invention through tension due to the weight of the hoisted load.
1. A load securing pulley comprising:
a wheel-supporting housing;
a wheel-receiving opening;
a hook retention eye;
a rope lock;
a pulley wheel;
the wheel-receiving opening laterally traversing into the wheel-supporting housing;
the rope lock comprising a rope-receiving notch and a rope-securing extrusion;
the hook retention eye being laterally connected to the wheel-supporting housing, opposite to the wheel-receiving opening;
the rope lock being laterally connected to the wheel-supporting housing, adjacent to the hook retention eye;
the pulley wheel being positioned within the wheel-supporting housing through the wheel-receiving opening;
the pulley wheel being rotatably mounted to the wheel-supporting housing;
the rope-securing extrusion being laterally connected to the wheel-supporting housing and the hook retention eye;
the rope-receiving notch traversing into the rope-securing extrusion;
the wheel-supporting housing being located in between the rope-receiving notch and the wheel-receiving opening; and
the rope-receiving notch being not communicated with the wheel-receiving opening; wherein the hook retention eye being positioned in between both ends of the wheel-supporting housing.
2. The load securing pulley, as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:
a pin;
the wheel-supporting housing comprising a pin-supporting hole;
the pin-supporting hole traversing through the wheel-supporting housing;
the pin being positioned within the pin-supporting hole; and
the pulley wheel being rotatably connected to the pin.
3. The load securing pulley, as claimed in claim 2 , comprising:
a hairpin clip;
the pin comprising a pinhead, a shank, and a clip-receiving hole;
the pinhead being terminally connected to the shank;
the clip-receiving hole laterally traversing through the shank;
the clip-receiving hole being opposite to the pinhead along the shank;
the hairpin clip being engaged with the clip-receiving hole; and
the wheel-supporting housing being positioned between the pinhead and the hairpin clip.
4. The load securing pulley, as claimed in claim 2 , comprising:
the pin-supporting hole being centrally positioned with the pulley wheel.
5. The load securing pulley, as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:
a rope-restraining notch;
the wheel-supporting housing comprising an internal surface and an external surface;
the rope-restraining notch traversing through the wheel-supporting housing from the external surface to the internal surface;
the rope-restraining notch being positioned adjacent to the wheel-receiving opening; and
the rope-restraining notch being radially positioned between the rope lock and the wheel-receiving opening.