Abstract: A winch, a retainer assembly and a method for assembling a winch. The winch may include a fixed first housing supportable on a surface, and a second housing supported for pivoting movement relative to the first housing, the second housing including a winding portion and spaced apart flanges defining an outwardly-facing groove, a line being windable on the winding portion and positionable in the groove, the winch being operable to apply a pulling force to the line. A retainer assembly may include a support connected to the first housing, and a retainer connected to the support and positioned to cover at least a portion of the winch groove, the retainer inhibiting radial movement of the line from the groove. In some constructions, the support has a flexible portion allowing movement of the retainer relative to the first housing.

Abstract: Spaced arms position a fixed curved guide surface in front of a roll of paper towels in about the same plane as the axis of the roll of paper. The paper can come off the top or bottom of the roll and passes over the guide surface and then goes down behind the cutter bar which extends between the lower ends of the arms. The friction of the paper passing over the curved guide surface is enhanced by having the roller which is mounted in slots in the arms pinch the paper against the curved surface. The slots are slightly longer than necessary to have the roller surface engage the paper, thus ensuring the weight of the roller will be effective.

Abstract: The traveler has a car movable on an athwartship track. The mainsheet is connected to the car. Two oppositely facing hooks are pivotally mounted on the car for similar, simultaneous movement between a latching position and an inoperative position. A spring biases the hooks to latching position. Control lines are connected to each end of a bar which has sliding engagement with the hooks. When a control line is tensioned, the bar moves towards the line and actuates the hooks to inoperative position. When both lines are slack, the hooks are in operative position to engage stop pins positioned on either side of the center of the track.