Title:
RETRACTABLE REEL WITH CHANNELED RATCHET MECHANISM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1998030481
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A retractable reel assembly comprises double tear drop shaped housing, a spool disposed in the housing and journaled for rotation about an axis, the spool and housing defining a plurality of chambers within the housing around the axis. The spool and housing define a cable storage chamber with a second length of cable retractably stored therein and a cable expansion chamber with a length of cable stored therein, a spring chamber and a ratchet chamber. The housing also has a spring takeup compartment and cable adjustment compartment located on a second parallel axis. A constant force spring extends from the spring storage chamber to the spring takeup compartment to urge the spool to rotate in a cable retracting direction.
Inventors:
SKOWRONSKI RICHARD E
BURKE PAUL C
BURKE PAUL C
Application Number:
PCT/US1998/000124
Publication Date:
November 12, 1998
Filing Date:
January 06, 1998
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TELEFONIX INC (US)
International Classes:
B65H75/44; B65H75/48; H02G11/02; H04M1/15; (IPC1-7): B65H/
Foreign References:
| US1663083A | 1928-03-20 | |||
| US3490715A | 1970-01-20 | |||
| US4384688A | 1983-05-24 | |||
| US5094396A | 1992-03-10 | |||
| US5114091A | 1992-05-19 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 0951748A4
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