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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2022
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Newport, RI (US);
Anthony A Ruffa, Hope Valley, RI (US);
Brian K Amaral, Newport, RI (US);
Abstract
A twistless cable deployment apparatus is provided for deploying cable. The apparatus includes a level winder that can be joined to a winch. The level winder is in a fixed position relative to the cable winch. The level winder has a non-rotating fixed spool that stores the cable by wrapping the cable around the spool. A rotating base is disposed coaxially with the fixed spool and rotates around the axis of the fixed spool. A post is mounted on the rotating base, and a traveler is slidably mounted on the post. A traveling guide eye is joined to the traveler. By rotation of the rotating base, cable is deployed from the fixed spool. A primary guide eye can guide the cable to the winch.