Cable winding housing

Details Cable winding housing Cable winding housing

1999-05-20

2001-06-26

Rivera, William A. (Department: 3653)

Winding, tensioning, or guiding

Reeling device

With spring motor

C242S381300, C242S385400, C242S396200, C242S396400, C191S01220R

Reexamination Certificate

active

06250578

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the field of cable winding housing, and more particularly to a cable winding housing for a cable used to interconnect a computer and an external peripheral device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Computers and associated external peripheral devices such as monitors, printers, scanners, etc., are widely used today in business, education, government and at home. Typically, a plurality of cables are used to interconnect such devices. Such cables often become entangled, sometimes hanging downwards in a disorganized and untidy manner from the coupling ports to which they are coupled. This often makes it difficult to identify a particular cable interconnected between two ports, as well as difficult to ascertain whether a connection has been properly made.
FIG. 1
shows a desk-top computer A and a computer monitor B conventionally interconnected using cables, wherein the cables are entangled and hang downwards.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A cable winding housing for a cable used to interconnect a computer and an external peripheral device, wherein the cable winding housing includes a spring-biased, cylindrical shaft around which the cable is wound, a teeth wheel assembly superposed around the shaft, and a releasable, spring-biased locking element configured for locking between teeth of the teeth wheel to prevent the shaft from rotating. When the locking element is released, the shaft can rotate so that the cable can be either unwound from or wound into the housing. The present invention prevents cables used to interconnect two devices from becoming entangled and ensures that each such cable is taut and does not sag downwards.


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