Ratchet and pawl hoist
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A ratchet and pawl hoist is a mechanical device that permits motion in one direction only. The ratchet is usually a wheel with slanting teeth. The pawl is a lever tangential to the wheel with one end resting on the teeth. When the wheel rotates one way, the pawl slides over the teeth; when the wheel rotates the other way, the pawl catches in the teeth.[1]
Other Types of Hoists
Other types of overhead hoists include
- Air chain hoist
- Air hoist
- Air wire rope hoist
- Chain hoist
- Electric hoist
- Lever hoist
- Manual hoist
- Pneumatic hoist
- Ratchet lever hoist
- Strap hoist
- Trolley hoist
- Wire rope hoist
