MUMBAI, India, April 4 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202321065194 A) filed by Shield Pro Private Limited, Pune, Maharashtra, on Sept. 28, 2023, for 'drive-drum and method for winding and unwinding a first-rope and a second-rope.'

Inventor(s) include Gulab Kashinath Kale; and Bhagyashree Mahavir Chimad.

The application for the patent was published on April 4, under issue no. 14/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Drive-drum (100) and method for winding and unwinding of a first-rope (05a) and a second-rope (05b) requires single power input/actuator (11) to achieve simultaneous winding and unwinding of the first-rope (05a) and the second-rope (05b) on integrated ...