摘要 |
A side lever type handle for hand operated tensioning devices, such as hoist or puller mechanisms, which is adapted to 360 DEG rotation operation; said handle being reverse-curve contoured so as to minimize torsional moments acting to rotate the hoist/puller mechanism about the axis of the load system incidental to pushing/pulling upon the handle. Optionally, the handle may be sectionally designed to complement its aforesaid contour so as to adapt it to yield plastically in torsion and bending in response to attempts to overload the associated mechanism.
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