Combination of a hoist drum and hoist cable for a winch

摘要

A combination of a hoist drum and cable for a winch, in which the hoist cable is connected past its point of anchorage to the drum to a thinner auxiliary (breaking) cable, which is wound onto a spool within the drum, and an arrangement is provided to release the hoist cable from its anchorage to the drum so that, when the hoist cable is unwound from the drum and released from its anchorage to the drum, it may take the auxiliary cable with it, thereby unwinding it from its spool.