US 12,234,131 B2
Cable spooling apparatus
David Jones, Edinburgh Lothian (GB)
Assigned to MACTAGGART SCOTT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED, Loanhead (GB)
Appl. No. 17/780,841
Filed by MACTAGGART SCOTT (HOLDINGS) LIMITED, Loanhead Lothian (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/053007
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/105678, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1917562 (GB), filed on Nov. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011120 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B66D 1/38 (2006.01); B65H 57/00 (2006.01); B65H 59/00 (2006.01); B65H 59/18 (2006.01); B65H 75/44 (2006.01); B66D 1/50 (2006.01)
CPC B66D 1/38 (2013.01) [B65H 57/006 (2013.01); B65H 59/005 (2013.01); B65H 59/18 (2013.01); B65H 75/4407 (2013.01); B66D 1/50 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of spooling a cable onto a storage drum, the method utilising a tensioning unit to tension said cable, whereby said cable enters a cable entry point of said tensioning unit and exits at a cable exit point of said tensioning unit, whereby the tensioning unit is mounted on a travelling member and travels in use driven by a travelling member drive mechanism driving movement of the travelling member such that the cable exit point of the tensioning unit traverses a path between first and second positions wherein in the first position the cable is fed to a first end of a cable storage portion of the storage drum and in the second position the cable is fed to an opposite second end of the cable storage portion of the storage drum; wherein the cable exit point of the tensioning unit travels along a curved path between the first and second positions and back again and the tensioning unit rotates in use.