CABLE STORAGE DEVICE

摘要

An electrical cable storage device comprises a two part hollow casing (1) having a cable outlet (6) opening on the line of join of the two parts (2, 3) of the casing (1) and a cable inlet (9), and a cable reel (17) within the casing (1), the reel (17) being rotatable within the casing (1) to allow cable (34, 35) to be wound on to the reel, the reel comprising a shaft (18) and a disk adjacent (19) the cable inlet (9) of the casing (1) which is detachable from the shaft (18) and formed in two parts with a central cable receiving aperture (24) on the line of join (25) of the two parts, the shaft (18) of the reel (17) at the end receiving the split disk (19) having at least one axial slot extending from the end (29) of the shaft (17) whereby a cable (34, 35) inserted through the aperture (24) in the split disk can pass through the slot into the interior of the casing (1) and through the cable outlet (6), and means for rotating the reel to wind cable on to the reel.