Winch cable roller assembly
AssigneeErnest Holmes Division, Dover Corporation
InventorHarold F. Carr, Jr.
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Abstract
A cable engaging apparatus is disclosed for a drum having cable spooled thereon, which forces the cable as it is wound onto the spool, into axially adjacent positions with respect to preceding portions of the cable on the drum. The apparatus comprises a roller means having a plurality of resilient discs mounted coaxially thereon. The roller is mounted with its axis approximately parallel to the axis of the drum. The circumferential surfaces of the discs are placed in resilient engagement with the cable spooled on the drum, applying an axially directed guide force to the cable as it is wound onto the drum.
Claims12
A cable engaging apparatus for a drum having cable spooled thereon, comprising:
- a roller means comprised of a pluality of resilient discs mounted coaxially;
- means for mounting said roller means with its axis approximately parallel to the axis of said drum;
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- forcing means connected to said mounting means for urging the circumferential surface of said discs towards the drum and into resilient engagement with said cable spooled on said drum, said discs thereby applying an axially directed guide force thereto;
- whereby as each wrap of said cable is spooled on said drum, it is forced into an axially adjacent position with the preceding wrap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.