Cable take-up reel

Claim 1

A CABLE TAKE-UP REEL FOR AN OUTPUT POWER CABLE COMPRISING: (A) A FRAME MEMBER INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE SIDE PANEL, (B) AN ELONGATE SHAFT REVOLVABLY SUPPORTED BY THE AT LEAST ONE SIDE PANEL OF THE FRAME MEMBER, SAID ELONGATE SHAFT BEING REVOLVABLE ABOUT THE LONGITUDINAL CENTRAL AXIS THEREOF, SAID SHAFT HAVING A BORE ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS COMMENCING AT THE SHAFT FIRST END, SAID SHAFT HAVING A MEDIAL LATERAL SLOT INTERSECTING SAID LONGITUDINAL BORE, (C) A SPOOL MEMBER SURROUNDING SAID ELONGATE SHAFT AND INTEGRALLY JOINED THERETO SO AS TO BE DIRECTLY REVOLVABLE WITH SAID SHAFT, SAID SPOOL HAVING A FIXED LONGITUDINAL RELATIONSHIP ALONG SAID SHAFT, SAID SPOOL MEMBER COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL DRUM BAND AND A PAIR OF OPPOSED FLANGES INTEGRALLY ATTACHED TO THE RESPECTIVE ENDS OF THE INTERVENING DRUM BAND, SAID DRUM BAND HAVING A LATERAL OPENING OVERLYING THE MEDIAL LATERAL SLOT OF THE ELONGATE LONGITUDINAL SHAFT, (D) A STATIONARY HOUSING ATTACHED TO THE FRAME MEMBER FOR PROTECTABLY SURROUNDING THE ELONGATE SHAFT FIRST END, SAID HOUSING INCLUDING AN ENTRANCE RING PORTION FOR PASSAGE OF AN INPUT POWER CABLE TO THE SHAFT FIRST END, (E) REVOLVABLE JOINT MEANS FOR CONVEYING THE POWER FROM THE INPUT POWER CABLE TO THE OUTPUT POWER CABLE, SAID REVOLVABLE JOINT MEANS INCLUDING AN INTERMEDIATE POWER CABLE LEADING FROM THE SHAFT MEDIAL LATERAL SLOT AND HAVING A TERMINAL END AT THE DRUM BAND OPENING, THE TERMINAL END OF THE INTERMEDIATE CABLE AT THE DRUM BAND OPENING HAVING A COUPLING DEVICE TO ENGAGE THE OUTPUT POWER CABLE, (F) A COVER MEMBER REMOVABLY ATTACHED TO THE SPOOL DRUM BAND ACROSS THE LATERAL OPENING THEREOF, SAID COVER MEMBER INCLUDING AN OPENING FOR PASSAGE OF THE OUTPUT POWER CABLE, THE COUPLING DEVICE AT THE TERMINAL END OF THE INTERMEDIATE CABLE BEING ATTACHED TO THE INTERIOR SIDE OF THE COVER MEMBER, AND (G) A SPRING MEANS REMOVABLY ATTACHED TO THE EXTERIOR SIDE OF THE FRAME MEMBER SIDE PANEL ADJACENT TO THE ELONGATE SHAFT SECOND END, SAID SPRING MEANS BEING CONNECTED BETWEEN THE FRAME MEMBER AND THE SECOND BEING END OF THE ELONGATED SHAFT.