Shipboard cargo transferring apparatus having an electrical cable supporting means

Claim 1

A POWER LOOP SYSTEM FOR FEEDING FLEXIBLE CABLES BETWEEN A STATIONARY AND A REMOVABLE MEMBER COMPRISING; A JUNCTION BOX ON THE STATIONARY MEMBER; A JUNCTION BOX ON THE MOVABLE MEMBER; A CABLE CARRIER ASSEMBLY INTERCONNECTING THE SAID JUNCTION BOXES AND COMPRISING TWO PARALLEL ALIGNED TENSION CABLES AND A SERIES OF CABLE CARRIERS EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THEREBETWEEN; FLEXIBLE ELECTRICAL CABLES INTERCONNECTING THE RESPECTIVE JUNCTION BOXES AND LOOSELY SUPPORTED BY THE SAID CABLE CARRIERS; A LOOP DRUM, THE SAID CABLE CARRIER ASSEMBLY BEING TRAINED ABOUT THE LOOP DRUM; A BRIDLE SHEAVE; MEANS CONNECTING THE LOOP DRUM AND THE BRIDLE SHEAVE; SHEAVE MEANS DEAD-ENDED ON THE STATIONARY MEMBER; AND A TENSION CABLE WHICH IS DEAD-ENDED AT ONE END AT THE MOVABLE MEMBER AND AT ITS OPPOSITE END AT THE STATIONARY MEMBER AND WHICH IS TRAINED ABOUT THE SHEAVE MEANS FOR THE STATIONARY MEMBER AND ABOUT THE BRIDLE SHEAVE ATTACHED TO THE LOOP DRUM; WHEREBY SELF-ADJUSTING NON-TENSIONED FEED OF THE CARRIED ELECTRICAL CABLES MAY BE ACHIEVED.