Drum for transportation of flexible electric power cable
AssigneeI-T-E Imperial Corporation
InventorDosio C. Bacvarov
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Abstract
A drum for transportation of flexible electrical cables has an oval cross-section and is formed of a spool member comprising a pair of semi-cylindrical sections and means for rigidly maintaining the sections with their diametric surfaces spaced parallel to and facing each other. A planar retainer member of corresponding oval cross-section and uniformly greater dimensions than the spool member is secured to each flat end of the spool member transverse to the axes of rotation of the sections to form a pair of spaced opposed walls of a rectangular slot receiving at least one layer of a continuous length of cable for shipment.
Claims3
In combination, a length of flexible gas-insulated cable having a diameter greater than about 9 inches and an elongated drum for receiving said cable and for transporting said cable;
- said drum comprising a spool member having an axis of rotation and a pair of flat identical retainer members to define the walls of a channel;
- said spool member being elongated and having an oval cross-section in a plane perpendicular to said axis;
- said retainer members having a dimension greater than the dimension of the ends of said spool member, and being secured to the ends of said spool member to define, with the exterior surface of said spool, an annular channel for receiving said cable;
- said cable being wound around said axis and within said channel for no more than about three layers;
- said retainer members having a height of about 12 feet, and being spaced from one another by about 8 feet, and having a length greater than about 15 feet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.