摘要:
Apparatus including multiple lines extending between spaced locations where a midline takeup device is supported on said lines between said locations constructed to pay out and take in such lines to accommodate slackening and tensioning effects in such lines between said two locations. The device includes a collector holding stored portions of the lines, and is constructed so that parallel reaches of the lines extend out in opposite directions from the collector. The collector may comprise axially spaced mating reel sections, with one holding stored portions of one line and the other holding stored portions of the other line, and a helical spring located between and housed within the reel sections urging rotation of the collector in a direction producing simultaneous takeup of both lines.