Cable winding device

A device for winding a cable, said device comprising housing including a feed and discharge guide for the cable and a cable drum which is rotatably mounted in the housing and to which one end of the cable is fastened, said cable drum including at least two separate winding chambers separated by a radially extending, intermediate partition, the end of the cable being fastened to the cable drum in said first winding chamber and said first winding chamber including at least one deflector means, mounted radially outwardly of said partition, for, when the winding has filled the first winding chamber, deflecting the cable over the outer radial edge of the intermediate partition into the second winding chamber, said at least one deflector means comprising a guide member provided on the housing which controls winding of the cable onto the drum in the first winding chamber above the intermediate partition, said guide member comprising a surface of the feed and discharge guide, and the feed and discharge guide being disposed radially outwardly of the second winding chamber and extending from a point located outwardly of the first winding chamber approximately half the width of the cable from the intermediate partition to the area radially outwardly of the second winding chamber.