Buckles – buttons – clasps – etc. – Cord and rope holders – Pivoted part
Patent
1977-03-10
1978-08-15
Dorner, Kenneth J.
Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
Cord and rope holders
Pivoted part
15323, 188 652, 2421072, F16G 1100, A47L 900
Patent
active
041061659
ABSTRACT:
An upright vacuum cleaner having an elongated handle and a cord reel biased to retract the electrical cord has a cord guiding and locking device comprising a housing having two internal cavities open at both the top and bottom thereof and opening into each other. One of the cavities is adapted to clamp onto the handle above the cord reel, and the other cavity includes a locking member pivotably mounted in an opening formed in a wall thereof. The locking member has a pair of legs disposed angularly to one another, one leg has a through slot to allow the cord to pass therethrough when the plane of the slot is substantially perpendicular to the cord but is sized to frictionally grip the cord when the plane of the slot is not substantially perpendicular thereto. The other leg is accessible at the opening for depression by an operator and a stop member restrains the first leg and the slot to substantial perpendicularity when the cord is being extended from the reel and when the second leg is depressed. Frictional contact of the cord with the sides of the slot is effective to pivot the member.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3178128 (1965-04-01), Meletti
patent: 3251107 (1966-05-01), Scott
patent: 3273213 (1966-09-01), Zurkowski
patent: 3332637 (1967-07-01), Price
patent: 3394904 (1968-07-01), Meyerhoefer
Clowers Earl R.
Davis John C.
Bell Edward L.
Dorner Kenneth J.
Ruderman Alan
Smith Robert E.
The Singer Company
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