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A portable, cable feeding or dispensing device having a base adapted to to be placed on and rest firmly on a floor, the ground or other support, stanchions affixed to the base and extending generally normally therefrom, shoulders on the stanchions formed by notches in an edge of each, a spool assemb

A portable, cable feeding or dispensing device having a base adapted to to be placed on and rest firmly on a floor, the ground or other support, stanchions affixed to the base and extending generally normally therefrom, shoulders on the stanchions formed by notches in an edge of each, a spool assembly having a hub, opposed first and second rims thereon, and an axle therethrough, the first rim being stationarily affixed on the spindle, the second rim or rims having a bearing for slidably mounting the same on the hub, a lock mechanism on the second rim or rims and hub for removably locking the same to the hub at a desired position therealong with respect to the first rim for confining therebetween coiled cable or cables mounted on the hub, the notches adapted to receive end portions of the axle lying outboard of the rims and support the spool for rotational motion for uncoiling and dispensing the cable.

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A portable storage and feeding device for coiled cable items, comprising a base adapted to be placed on a floor, a pair of spaced apart stanchion members each being affixed to said base and extending generally normally upwardly therefrom and formed to have a lower section adjacent said base, an uppe

A portable storage and feeding device for coiled cable items, comprising a base adapted to be placed on a floor, a pair of spaced apart stanchion members each being affixed to said base and extending generally normally upwardly therefrom and formed to have a lower section adjacent said base, an upper section spaced above said base, and an intermediate section lying between said lower and upper sections, said intermediate section of each of said stanchion members having a lateral dimension, a vertical dimension and a thickness dimension and having a front edge through which a slot is formed having a lateral component and a vertical component, said lateral component being directed inwardly from said edge and said vertical component being directed downwardly toward said base to give a designed slant angle to each said slot with respect to said base of from about 20°to about 60°, the portions of each of said stanchion members which form and provide said slots further provide a shoulder means at the terminus of each said slot lying substantially in a common plane passing through both said stanchion members at said terminus, spool means for carrying said cable items coiled thereon and having elongated hub means of substantially uniform lateral cross-section and having a longitudinal axis, first rim means, at least one second rim means having aperture means formed generally axially therethrough, said first and second rim means being mounted in spaced arrangement on said hub means with said hub means being inserted through said aperture means of said second rim means, said first and second rim means being adapted to axially position and retain cable items in coiled configuration around said hub means, said aperture means being bordered by bearing surface means for slidably mounting said second rim means on said hub means for providing for longitudinal positioning thereof on said hub means, said upper section of each of said stanchion members being spaced above said base a distance greater than the largest diameter of said first and second rim means, said base and stanchion members providing a supporting structure for said spool means, axle means slidably mounted through bore means provided substantially longitudinally and axially through said spool means for rotatably supporting said spool means, said first rim means being stationarily affixed on said hub means, cooperating latch means on said second rim means and hub means for removably locking said second rim means to said hub means at a desired longitudinal axial position therealong with respect to said first rim means for confining therebetween a coiled cable item axially mounted on said hub means, said shoulder means of said slots contacting opposite end portions of said axle means which extend axially outwardly of both said rim means and support said axle means and said spool means for rotational motion of said spool means for uncoiling and dispensing said coiled cable item, handle means affixed to said upper section of each of said stanchion members and spanning the same and being positioned above said first and second rim means to provide a clearance space, said handle means providing manual lifting means for said device, and wherein said slant angles of said slots are substantially the same and have a sufficient lateral component to allow said axle means and said spool means to be operably positioned on said stanchion members or removed therefrom within the limits of said clearance space and without interference with said handle means, said lateral dimension of said intermediate section of each said stanchion member being sufficient to accommodate the slot formed therein while providing sufficient strength to said stanchion members for allowing said device with a loaded spool mounted thereon to be picked up by said handle means.