MANUAL OF PACK TBANSPOETATION. 201 



PACK REEL (signal CORPS). 

 (Figs. 121, 122.) 



Sec. 136. The reel consists of the following: The platform, the 

 turntable, the caging, and the saddle. 



The platform consists of two side rails, two end rails for center 

 boards for holding the gearing, and two brace rails connecting center 

 boards and end rails. The platform rests on four strap-iron legs, 

 braced at each end. 



To the bottom of center boards is attached a metal plate, holding a 

 vertical shaft and a provision for ball bearings; a horizontal shaft is 

 supplied at the center of one side rail, holding a miter wheel at inner 

 end. 



At the outer end of shaft a crank is supplied, by means of which 

 the miter wheel may be turned. 



On each side rail at ends a handle is supplied for lifting the pack 

 reel to position on the saddle, as provided on the aparejo. 



The turntable is composed of wooden crosspieces, holding at center 

 and on under side a horizontal miter wheel. On its upper side a 

 metallic cap is supplied with a hole through center of cap and cross- 

 pieces for the purpose of being engaged over the vertical shaft, as 

 provided on platform. By this arrangement the miter wheel on 

 turntable engages over its mate on platform and is rotated by means 

 of the horizontal shaft, supphed with a crank or by engagement of 

 the "pay-out" end of the coil of wire around a holdfast, the travel 



