Patent ID: 7946521

Claim:
A winch drum assembly having a barrel adapted to receive a line, and having a spooling device for guiding the line onto the barrel as the barrel and the spooling device rotate relative to one another, such that the line is spooled onto the barrel at a point that moves axially with respect to the barrel, and wherein the axial direction of the line spooled onto the barrel is adapted to change at least once per revolution of the barrel with respect to the spooling device, such that the line is spooled onto the barrel in a first axial direction when the barrel is in its first half cycle between 0° and 180°, and the line is spooled onto the barrel in a second axial direction which is opposite to the first axial direction when the barrel is in the second half of the cycle of the barrel between 180° and 360°, and wherein axially adjacent rows of line are spooled on the barrel parallel to one another.