Steel cable reel

Claim 1

IN A REEL FOR CABLE, A DRUM HAVING ITS ENDS INWARDLY FLANGED, FIRST AND SECOND REEL HEAD EACH COMPRISING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL HUB, A PLURALITY OF SPOKE L-SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION AND EACH HAVING ITS INNER END UNITIZED WITH AND EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM THE EXTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID HUB, A CIRCULAR CHANNELED RIM HAVING A CYLINDRICAL WEB AND RADIALLY INWARDLY AND CIRCUMFERENTIALLY EXTENDING AXIALLY SPACED FLANGES, THE OUTER END OF EACH SAID SPOKE HAVING A SMOOTH FIT BETWEEN SAID FLANGES AND IN CONTACT THEREWITH AND WITH SAID WEB, AND UNITIZED WITH SAID RIM ALONG THE LINES OF CONTACT, ONE ARM OF EACH SAID SPOKE LYING IN A COMMON PLANE, THE FULL LENGTH OF THE INNER ENDS OF EACH OF SAID ARMS BEING IN CONTACT WITH AND UNITIZED WITH THE HUB AND FORMING A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE CIRCULAR SUPPORT THEREFOR, AND MEANS DETACHABLY UNITING EACH AND HEAD TO A RESPECTIVE END OF SAID DRUM, WITH ITS SAID HUB COAXIAL OF SAID DRUM, SAID MEAN COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF THROUGH-BOLTS EACH PASSING THROUGH A PAIR OF AXIALLY ALIGNED HOLES IN THE RESPECTIVE FLANGES OF SAID DRUM AND TWO ALIGNED HOLES EACH OF WHICH IS IN A COPLANAR ARM IN A SPOKE OF A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID HEADS, TO DIRECTLY SECURE THE COPLANAR ARMS OF ALL SPOKES OF A HEAD TO THE FLANGE OF SAID DRUM.