Rotatable cable drum with automatic cable lock

Details Rotatable cable drum with automatic cable lock Rotatable cable drum with automatic cable lock

1996-08-29

1998-05-19

Tucker, Guy V.

Surgery

Instruments

Orthopedic instrumentation

A61B 1756

Patent

active

057529590

ABSTRACT:
A rotatable drum for winding cable with an automatic cable lock. The rotatable drum comprises a rotatable shaft which has a first transverse aperture, and an outer drum member having an outer cable winding surface, which outer drum member is carried on the shaft and freely rotatable rotation therewith. The outer drum member defines a second transverse aperture which is positioned to align with the first transverse aperture in a first rotational position of the outer drum member. The two apertures can also be spaced in other rotational positions. Thus insertion of the cable end into the aligned first and second transverse apertures, plus rotation of the shaft to wind the cable about the outer drum member, can cause spontaneous locking of the cable between the first and second apertures by opposed walls of the respective apertures pinching against the cable.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5116340 (1992-05-01), Songer et al.
patent: 5415658 (1995-05-01), Kilpela et al.
patent: 5536270 (1996-07-01), Songer et al.
patent: 5607429 (1997-03-01), Hayano et al.

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