Surgical table including cable take-up mechanism

A surgical table comprising:

• a base;
• a tabletop;
• a first framework and a second framework moveable relative to one another to move the tabletop relative to the base in a first direction and a second direction that is opposite the first direction;
• a cable having a first end, a second end that is opposite the first end, and an intermediate portion, the first and second ends being mounted to the respective first and second frameworks;
• and,
• a cable take-up mechanism including a spring coupled to the intermediate portion of the cable to take up slack in the cable as the first and second frameworks move relative to one another to move the tabletop relative to the base;
• wherein the cable take-up mechanism includes a sheave rotatably coupled to the spring, and wherein the cable slidably wraps around the sheave.

A surgical table, comprising:

• a base;
• a tabletop;
• a first framework and a second framework moveable relative to one another to move the tabletop relative to the base in a first direction and a second direction that is opposite the first direction;
• a cable having a first end, a second end that is opposite the first end, and an intermediate portion, the first and second ends being mounted to the respective first and second frameworks;
• and,
• a cable take-up mechanism including a spring coupled to the intermediate portion of the cable to take up slack in the cable as the first and second frameworks move relative to one another to move the tabletop relative to the base;
• wherein the tabletop is connected to the second framework, and the cable take-up mechanism includes a curved guide segment around which the cable bends to change a travel path direction of the cable as the tabletop moves in the first and second directions relative to the base.