Mechanism for transporting and stringing aerial cable

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR PRELASHING AND STRINGING AERIAL CABLE IN SPACED POLES COMPRISING A SELF-PROPELLING VEHICLE INCLUDING A TRUCK BED, A CABLE SUPPLY REEL MOUNTED ON THE TRUCK BED, A STRAND SUPPLY REEL MOUNTED ON THE TRUCK BED, A VERTICALLY EXTENSIBLE DERRICK MOUNTED ON SAID TRUCK BED SPACED FROM BOTH THE CABLE SUPPLY REEL AND THE STRAND SUPPLY REEL, STRAND TENSIONING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE TRUCK BED BETWEEN THE STRAND SUPPLY REEL AND THE DERRICK, A STRAND GUIDE PULLEY SECURED ON THE UPPER END OF THE DERRICK, CABLE REEL BRAKE MEANS MOUNTED ON THE TRUCK BED FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF THE CABLE, A CABLE GUIDE PULLEY SECURED ON THE UPPER END OF THE DERRICK ADJACENT THE STRAND GUIDE PULLEY, SAID UPPER END OF THE DERRICK BEING POSITIONABLE AT AN ELEVATION SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE HEIGHT AT WHICH THE AERIAL CABLE IS TO BE STRUNG ON THE SPACED POLES.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR PRELASHING AND STRINGING AERIAL CABLE IN SPACED POLES COMPRISING A SELF-PROPELLING VEHICLE INCLUDING A TRUCK BED, A CABLE SUPPLY REEL MOUNTED ON THE TRUCK BED, A STRAND SUPPLY REEL MOUNTED ON THE TRUCK BED, A VERTICALLY EXTENSIBLE DERRICK MOUNTED ON SAID TRUCK BED SPACED FROM BOTH THE CABLE SUPPLY REEL AND THE STRAND SUPPLY REEL, STRAND TENSIONING MEANS MOUNTED ON THE TRUCK BED BETWEEN THE STRAND SUPPLY REEL AND THE DERRICK, A STRAND GUIDE PULLEY SECURED ON THE UPPER END OF THE DERRICK, CABLE REEL BRAKE MEANS MOUNTED ON THE TRUCK BED FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF THE CABLE, A CABLE GUIDE PULLEY SECURED ON THE UPPER END OF THE DERRICK ADJACENT THE STRAND GUIDE PULLEY, SAID UPPER END OF THE DERRICK BEING POSITIONABLE AT AN ELEVATION SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE HEIGHT AT WHICH THE AERIAL CABLE IS TO BE STRUNG ON THE SPACED POLES.