CA1269425A - Electrical cord retainer - Google Patents
Electrical cord retainerInfo
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- CA1269425A CA1269425A CA000577581A CA577581A CA1269425A CA 1269425 A CA1269425 A CA 1269425A CA 000577581 A CA000577581 A CA 000577581A CA 577581 A CA577581 A CA 577581A CA 1269425 A CA1269425 A CA 1269425A
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- Prior art keywords
- cord
- retainer
- openings
- undercut
- block
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
- H01R13/60—Means for supporting coupling part when not engaged
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- Insertion, Bundling And Securing Of Wires For Electric Apparatuses (AREA)
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The present invention provides an electrical cord retainer for use with small electrical appliances, vacuum cleaners and the like. The retainer, which is designed for removably securing to an electrical cord, comprises a body portion having at least one blind ended cord receiving and retaining opening for locking the retainer at separate and distinct locations on the cord.
The present invention provides an electrical cord retainer for use with small electrical appliances, vacuum cleaners and the like. The retainer, which is designed for removably securing to an electrical cord, comprises a body portion having at least one blind ended cord receiving and retaining opening for locking the retainer at separate and distinct locations on the cord.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an electrical cord retainer for securing at independent locations along an electrical cord and typically used to hold -the cord in a wound position around a small electrical appliance or the like.
BACKGROUND OF THE_INVENTION
As most people who have worked with small electrical appliances having an electrical cord will appreciate the cords become quite cumbersome and awkward for storage of the appliance. For example, consider a cord operated hand drill where, when the drill is not in use the only way to store the cord is by winding it around the drill. However, because there is no way other than by tying the cord it quickly unwinds making the drill very untidy for storage purposes. The same is true of vacuum cleaners and the like where a relatively long cord is wrapped around the body of the vacuum cleaner and then tied upon itself. Again, the tying of the cord is not generally adequate to maintain in its wound condition resulting in an unwinding of the cord.
A proposed answer to the above problem is the provision of a cord receiving slot in the actual electrical plug body where the electrical plug then locks back onto the cord. However, in cases as described above where the body of the appliance provides the surface around which the cord is wound often times the plug does ~' ~ i9425 not, in a tightly wound posikion, come all the way back to the cord. This necessitates a looser winding of the cord for proper alignment of the plug with the main body of the cord for fitting of the two and can again result in unwinding of the cord.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
The present invention provides an answer to the problems associated with electrical cord winding as described above. In particular, the present invention provides an electrical cord retainer comprising a body portion having at least one and preferably two blind ended cord receiving openings on the body portion. The cord retainer does not form a permanent part of the cord but rather can be secured to different portions of the cord at any point along the length of the cord. Furthermore, because the cord retainer is independent of the cord it can be removed from the cord of one appliance and used on the cord of a further appliance.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The above as well as other advantages and features of the present invention will be described in greater detail according to the preferred embodiments of the present invention in which:
Figure~is a perspective view showing the winding and securing of a cord around a small electrical appliance specifically a hand drill using a cord retainer in SJ-7509-88 - 3 - o~6lB/oo72a accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a sectional view through the cord retainer of Figure 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION ACCORDING TO rHE PREFERRED
EMBODIMENTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
Figure 1 shows a hand drill 1 operated by means of an electrial cord 3. Electrical cord 3 is in turn fitted with a removable cord retainer 5 made in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
As will be clearly seen from Figure 1, electrical cord 3 when not in use is tightly wound around the body of the drill and then secured upon itself by means of cord retainer 5 to hold the cord in its wound condition. This makes a very neat and tidy s-torage of the drill.
Electrical cord retainer 5 is best seen having reference to Figure 2 of the drawings. The cord retainer includes a main body portion 7 having a pair of cord receiving openings generally indicated at 5 to either side of the body. Each of these cord receiving openings has a lower undercut region of generally circular configuration and a narrower channel-like opening 13 into the openings 11. Each of the channel-like openings in turn has an angled mouth opening 15.
Body portion 7 is preferably made from a relatively soft rubber material or the like having flexible resilient qualities for fitting of the electrical ~ 2~94~5 SJ~7509-88 - 4 - 0461B/0072B
cord in the body. However, the rubber material must be strong enough to maintain a positive lock on the cord once properly fitted into position.
In order to use the cord retainer, it is simply fited at one of the cord receiving openings onto the body of the cord. This is done by pushing the cord past the mouth 15 through channel 13 and into the undercut region 11. The angled mouth helps to guide the cord into the channel which because of the softness of the body gives way to allow passage of the cord down into the rounded region 11. This region is substantially the same size as the cord body and provides a relatively tight fitting of the cord. However, the fitting is not so tight that the retainer cannot be slid along the cord to any desired position.
After the retainer has been initially fitted to the cord as described above the cord is simply wound around the appliance and refit-ted at a differen-t location on the cord back into the retainer. This then secures the cord at the two separate locations as wound around the appliance.
Since the retainer is slideable along there are no restrictions as to where the securing points will be on the cord. This ensures that the cord can be secured in a tightly wound position as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings.
The present invention relates to an electrical cord retainer for securing at independent locations along an electrical cord and typically used to hold -the cord in a wound position around a small electrical appliance or the like.
BACKGROUND OF THE_INVENTION
As most people who have worked with small electrical appliances having an electrical cord will appreciate the cords become quite cumbersome and awkward for storage of the appliance. For example, consider a cord operated hand drill where, when the drill is not in use the only way to store the cord is by winding it around the drill. However, because there is no way other than by tying the cord it quickly unwinds making the drill very untidy for storage purposes. The same is true of vacuum cleaners and the like where a relatively long cord is wrapped around the body of the vacuum cleaner and then tied upon itself. Again, the tying of the cord is not generally adequate to maintain in its wound condition resulting in an unwinding of the cord.
A proposed answer to the above problem is the provision of a cord receiving slot in the actual electrical plug body where the electrical plug then locks back onto the cord. However, in cases as described above where the body of the appliance provides the surface around which the cord is wound often times the plug does ~' ~ i9425 not, in a tightly wound posikion, come all the way back to the cord. This necessitates a looser winding of the cord for proper alignment of the plug with the main body of the cord for fitting of the two and can again result in unwinding of the cord.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
The present invention provides an answer to the problems associated with electrical cord winding as described above. In particular, the present invention provides an electrical cord retainer comprising a body portion having at least one and preferably two blind ended cord receiving openings on the body portion. The cord retainer does not form a permanent part of the cord but rather can be secured to different portions of the cord at any point along the length of the cord. Furthermore, because the cord retainer is independent of the cord it can be removed from the cord of one appliance and used on the cord of a further appliance.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The above as well as other advantages and features of the present invention will be described in greater detail according to the preferred embodiments of the present invention in which:
Figure~is a perspective view showing the winding and securing of a cord around a small electrical appliance specifically a hand drill using a cord retainer in SJ-7509-88 - 3 - o~6lB/oo72a accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a sectional view through the cord retainer of Figure 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION ACCORDING TO rHE PREFERRED
EMBODIMENTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
Figure 1 shows a hand drill 1 operated by means of an electrial cord 3. Electrical cord 3 is in turn fitted with a removable cord retainer 5 made in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
As will be clearly seen from Figure 1, electrical cord 3 when not in use is tightly wound around the body of the drill and then secured upon itself by means of cord retainer 5 to hold the cord in its wound condition. This makes a very neat and tidy s-torage of the drill.
Electrical cord retainer 5 is best seen having reference to Figure 2 of the drawings. The cord retainer includes a main body portion 7 having a pair of cord receiving openings generally indicated at 5 to either side of the body. Each of these cord receiving openings has a lower undercut region of generally circular configuration and a narrower channel-like opening 13 into the openings 11. Each of the channel-like openings in turn has an angled mouth opening 15.
Body portion 7 is preferably made from a relatively soft rubber material or the like having flexible resilient qualities for fitting of the electrical ~ 2~94~5 SJ~7509-88 - 4 - 0461B/0072B
cord in the body. However, the rubber material must be strong enough to maintain a positive lock on the cord once properly fitted into position.
In order to use the cord retainer, it is simply fited at one of the cord receiving openings onto the body of the cord. This is done by pushing the cord past the mouth 15 through channel 13 and into the undercut region 11. The angled mouth helps to guide the cord into the channel which because of the softness of the body gives way to allow passage of the cord down into the rounded region 11. This region is substantially the same size as the cord body and provides a relatively tight fitting of the cord. However, the fitting is not so tight that the retainer cannot be slid along the cord to any desired position.
After the retainer has been initially fitted to the cord as described above the cord is simply wound around the appliance and refit-ted at a differen-t location on the cord back into the retainer. This then secures the cord at the two separate locations as wound around the appliance.
Since the retainer is slideable along there are no restrictions as to where the securing points will be on the cord. This ensures that the cord can be secured in a tightly wound position as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings.
Claims (6)
OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A retainer for retaining a cord of a small electrical appliance, said retainer comprising a body portion formed from a solid block of resilient material having a pair of blind ended cord receiving undercut openings therein, each of said openings being shaped and sized for tightly receiving the cord of the small electrical appliance.
2. A retainer as claimed in Claim 1, made from a block of rubber material.
3. A retainer as claimed in Claims 1 or 2, wherein each of said cord receiving openings has an angled mouth for guided fitting of the cord therein.
4. A retainer as claimed in Claims 1 or 2, wherein said block of material has opposing faces with said openings being provided in said opposing faces.
5. A retainer as claimed in Claim 1, wherein said undercut region has a generally rounded configuration.
6. A retainer as claimed in Claim 1, wherein said block of material has a generally rectangular configuration.
The drawings show the cord receiving openings as being on opposite sides of the body. This is the preferred embodiment. However, it is to be appreciated that the openings could be on the same side of the body.
Furthermore, the body could be provided with one large undercut region of sufficient size to accomodate both secured regions of the cord to be fitted in that common undercut. The narrower passage to the undercut would be sufficiently small to hold the cord regions within the larger undercut.
In addition, the description above has related to the use of retainer with a cord of circular cross-section. The retainer could equally as well be fitted with a cord of flatter cross-section as found on smaller home appliances such as hair dryers or the like where the actual cord retaining opening could either be of the same shape as shown in Figure 2 or of a modified shape to more accurately fit to a flat cord.
Although various preferred embodiments of the invention have been described in detail, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that variations may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.
The drawings show the cord receiving openings as being on opposite sides of the body. This is the preferred embodiment. However, it is to be appreciated that the openings could be on the same side of the body.
Furthermore, the body could be provided with one large undercut region of sufficient size to accomodate both secured regions of the cord to be fitted in that common undercut. The narrower passage to the undercut would be sufficiently small to hold the cord regions within the larger undercut.
In addition, the description above has related to the use of retainer with a cord of circular cross-section. The retainer could equally as well be fitted with a cord of flatter cross-section as found on smaller home appliances such as hair dryers or the like where the actual cord retaining opening could either be of the same shape as shown in Figure 2 or of a modified shape to more accurately fit to a flat cord.
Although various preferred embodiments of the invention have been described in detail, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that variations may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claims.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA000577581A CA1269425A (en) | 1988-09-16 | 1988-09-16 | Electrical cord retainer |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA000577581A CA1269425A (en) | 1988-09-16 | 1988-09-16 | Electrical cord retainer |
Publications (1)
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| CA1269425A true CA1269425A (en) | 1990-05-22 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| CA000577581A Expired CA1269425A (en) | 1988-09-16 | 1988-09-16 | Electrical cord retainer |
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| CA (1) | CA1269425A (en) |
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1988
- 1988-09-16 CA CA000577581A patent/CA1269425A/en not_active Expired
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