Electricity: transmission to vehicles – Flexible extensions – Reels
Patent
1996-11-18
1997-11-25
Terrell, William E.
Electricity: transmission to vehicles
Flexible extensions
Reels
439501, H02R 1102
Patent
active
056901984
ABSTRACT:
A receptacle for mounting a plurality of cord reel inserts, each insert being of the type having a spool carrying a cord inside a case and mounted on a shaft journalled at each end to opposing walls of the case. The shaft has a square end of said shaft extending out of the case and is spring biased to turn in a rewind direction. A disk having an internal cam surface with a shoulder is mounted to turn on each shaft end. A releasable catch, secured to the inside wall of the housing, is spring loaded to engage the disk and, together with the shape of the internal cam surface, permits turning the cord spool in one direction such as to permit extending the cord from the receptacle but engages the shaft to prevent turning in the opposite direction. When the operator depresses a spring biased button, the disk is released from the catch permitting the spring biased spool to turn and rewind the cord. In another embodiment, a lever is rotatably mounted and has one end configured to engage the shoulder on the disk to prevent retraction of the cord. The lever is biased by a weight such that if the cord is first "jerked" and then released, the catch will not engage the disk and the cord will uninterruptedly rewind the cord.
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Lowe Scott L.
Terrell William E.
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