Weatherproof take-up reel

Claim 1

A WEATHERPROOF TAKE-UP REEL CARRYING A CABLE EMBODYING A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTORS, SAID REEL COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A FRAME INCLUDING SPACED WALLS DEFINING A CLOSED CASING, ONE OF SAID WALLS HAVING A FLANGE DEFINING AN OPENING THERETHROUGH, A SHAFT HAVING A FLANGE DEEXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENING AND FIXED TO SAID FLANGE, SAID SHAFT HAVING A BORE EXTENDING AT LEAST PARTIALLY THERETHROUGH AND COMMUNICATING AT SAID ONE END WITH THE INTERIOR OF THE CASING, A CABLE REEL HAVING SPACED WALLS JOINED BY GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL WALL DEFINING WITH SAID SPACED WALLS A CENTRAL HOLLOW DRUM, SAID SPACED WALLS HAVING ALINED AXIAL OPENINGS THERETHROUGH FOR RECEIVING SAID SHAFT, A FLANGED BEARING IN EACH OF SAID WALL OPENINGS JOURNALING SAID REEL ON THE EXTENDING PORTION OF SAID SHAFT, SAID CYLINDRICAL WALL BEING FORMED IN TWO PARTS SO AS TO BE SEPARATED, MEANS FOR RELEASABLY SECURING SAID PARTS TOGETHER, EACH OF SAID SPACED WALLS AND ONE PART OF SAID CYLINDER WALL HAVING A FLANGE DEFINING A FIRST SURFACE, A CORRESPONDING FLANGE DEFINING A SURFACE ON THE OTHER PART OF SAID CYLINDRICAL WALL CORRESPONDING IN SHAPE TO SAID FIRST SURFACES A GASKET CORRESPONDING IN SHAPE TO SAID SURFACES FOR SEALING THE JOINT FORMED WHEN SAID CYLINDER WALL PARTS ARE SECURED TOGETHER, A SERIES OF CONTACT RINGS FIXED ON SAID SHAFT WITHIN SAID DRUM, A PLURALITY OF BRUSHES FOR ENGAGING SAID RINGS, MEANS MOUNTING SAID BRUSHES ON SAID FIRST SURFACE OF SAID DRUM FOR ROTATION THEREWITH, SAID CABLE BEING WOUND ON SAAID REEL WITH THE CONDUCTORS THEREOF EXTENDING INTO THE INTERIOR PORTION OF SAID DRUM AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID BUSHES, AND MEANS FIXED BETWEEN SAID DRUM AND THE OTHER END OF SAID SHAFT FOR PROVIDING A DRIVING CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID REEL AND SAID SHAFT.