GB2430427A - Cable reel with a releasably engagable action - Google Patents

Cable reel with a releasably engagable action Download PDF

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GB2430427A
GB2430427A GB0519561A GB0519561A GB2430427A GB 2430427 A GB2430427 A GB 2430427A GB 0519561 A GB0519561 A GB 0519561A GB 0519561 A GB0519561 A GB 0519561A GB 2430427 A GB2430427 A GB 2430427A
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Wen-Han Chang
Chih-Ming Lu
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/34—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables
    • B65H75/38—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks specially adapted or mounted for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of material provided for particular purposes, e.g. anchored hoses, power cables involving the use of a core or former internal to, and supporting, a stored package of material
    • B65H75/44—Constructional details
    • B65H75/4418—Arrangements for stopping winding or unwinding; Arrangements for releasing the stop means
    • B65H75/4428—Arrangements for stopping winding or unwinding; Arrangements for releasing the stop means acting on the reel or on a reel blocking mechanism
    • B65H75/4434—Arrangements for stopping winding or unwinding; Arrangements for releasing the stop means acting on the reel or on a reel blocking mechanism actuated by pulling on or imparting an inclination to the material
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H75/00—Storing webs, tapes, or filamentary material, e.g. on reels
    • B65H75/02—Cores, formers, supports, or holders for coiled, wound, or folded material, e.g. reels, spindles, bobbins, cop tubes, cans, mandrels or chucks
    • B65H75/18—Constructional details
    • B65H75/30—Arrangements to facilitate driving or braking
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G11/00—Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts
    • H02G11/02—Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts using take-up reel or drum

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Abstract

A cable reel with a releasably engagable action which can be used to hold the cable in various positions comprises a reel 3 having a slot 35 in a bottom section thereof, a spring 5 to rewind the cable upon the reel, a cover 6 and a pivotally-mounted positioning shaft 71 located between cover and the reel so as to releasably engage with the cover and the slot.

Description

TITLE: POSITIONING SHAFT OF A DUAL DIRECTION CABLE REEL
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
(a) Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a cable reel, and in particular, to a positioning shaft of a dual direction cable reel.
(b) Description of the Prior Art
The conventional cable reel employs a steel bead to position a coiled cable on a cable reel and FIGS. 6 and 7 show su,pIonventional cable reel structure. The reel structure A 10 includes a front cover Al, a spring A2, sliding seat A3, a transmission cable A4, a positioning bead A5 and a rear cover A6. The spring A2 is positioned within the sliding seat A3 which is the source of power to reel the transmission cable A4. However, the bead AS for positioning is by sliding and therefore the bottom section of the sliding seat A3 is provided with a rail A3 allowing the bead A5 to be in the rail A3. However, the bead A5 causes noise. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a positioning shaft of a dual direction cable reel which mitigates the above drawback.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a positioning shaft ofi dual direction cable reel having an upper cover, a pad, a reeling disc, a coiled cable, a spring, and a lower cover, characterized in that the reeling disc and a positioning element mounted at the inner edge of the lower cover form an engaging and disengaging mechanism, wherein the positioning element includes a positioning shaft and a positioning plate and the positioning plate covers the top portion of the positioning shaft and is secured with a peg and the positioning plate has a pivot hole at the center thereof for the pivot mounting of the positioning shaft, and the front end of the positioniig plate exposed from the shaft body of the positioning shaft is provided with a sliding protruded section corresponding to the railing slot at the bottom section of the reeling disc, and the bottom section is provided with an operation railing slot for the sliding protruded section to rotate along the reeling slot so as to provide an alternating engaging and a disengaging action.
The foregoing object and summaiy provide only a brief introduction to the present invention. To fully appreciate these and other objects of the present invention as well as the invention itself, all of which will become apparent to those skilled in the art, the following detailed description of the invention and the claims should be read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Throughout the specification and drawings identical reference numerals refer to identical or similar parts.
Many other advantages and features of the present invention will become manifest to those versed in the art upon making reference to the detailed description and the accompanying sheets of drawings in which a preferred structural embodiment incorporating the principles of the present invention is shown by way of illustrative example.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG 1 is a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG 2 is an exploded view of the positioning shaft of a dual direction cable reel of the present invention.
FIG 3 is an exploded view of the positioning shaft of the present invention.
FIG 4 is a schematic view showing the action of the positioning shaft with respect to the railing slot of the present invention.
FIG 5 is a sectional view of the positioning shaft of a dual direction cable reel of the present invention.
FIG 6 is an explodedview of a conventional cable reel.
FIG 7 is a schematic view showing the bottom section of the sliding seat of the cable reel.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The following descriptions are of exemplary embodiments only, and are not intended to limit the scope, applicability or configuration of the invention in any way. Rather, the following description provides a convenient illustration for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention.
Various changes to the described embodiments may be made in the function and arrangement of the elements described without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the cable reel of the present invention includes an upper cover 1, a pad 2, a reeling disc 3, a coiled cable 4, a spring 5, a lower cover 6, and a positioning element 7. The inner end 51 of the spring is connected to the engaging slot 12 provided at the center shaft 11 of the upper cover 1, and the outer end 52 of the spring 5 is engaged at the engaging slot 31 of the reeling disc 3 with an edge hook 53. When the reeling disc 3 rotates clockwise or anti-clockwise, the spring 5 becomes either tauted or in loosen condition, and the tauting of the spring provides the power for cable restoration of the cable reel.
The edge wall of the reeling disc 3 is a clipping plate 32 which can retract one end of the coiled cable 4 out from the clipping hole 33. The other end of the coiled cable is retracted via a corresponding slit 34so that equal length coiled cable 4 surrounds the upper and lower frame position at the outer edge of the reeling disc. When the coiled cable is pulled from dual direction, the coiled cable is pulled at the same time with the same speed, and another pulling of the coiled cable the coiled cable will be restored to its original position.
In accordance with the present invention, the reeling disc 3 and the positioning member 7 at the inner edge of the lower cover 6 form an engaging and disengaging mechanism. As shown in FIG 3, the positioning member 7 includes a positioning shaft 71 and a positioning plate 72, and the positioning plate 72 covers the top section of the positioning shaft 71, and the two sides thereof is secured with a peg 70. The positioning plate 72 has a center pivot hole 721 for pivotal mounting of a pivot 71 on the positioning shaft 71 so that the positioning shaft 71 forms into a pivotal structure with the positioning plate 72. Additionally, the front end of the exposed positioning plate 72 is provided with a sliding protruded section 712 corresponding to the railing slot at the bottom section of the reeling disc 3.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the bottom section of the reeling disc 3 is provided with an operational railing slot 35 and the positioning shaft 71 provides an alternating engaging and disengaging action based on the rotating of the railing slot 35. Thus, when the coiled cable 4 is pulled, and the reeling disc 3 is rotating, the positioning shaft 71 together with the operational railing slot 35 forms into a swinging action. This swinging operation retracts the coiled cable 4 and is then positioned the cable 4. Another retracting of the coiled cable 4 causes the positioning shaft 71 to disengage. Another subsequent positioning is that after the positioning of the coiled cable 4, before the coiled cable 4 has filly retracted, another retraction of the coiled cable will cause the positioning shaft 71 to proceed to an engagement. Accordingly, the positioning shaft of a dual direction cable reel of the present invention provides a one-time reeling and multiple stage reeling of coiled cable positioning control.
While the invention has been described with respect to preferred embodiments, it will be clear to those skilled in the art that modifications and improvements may be made to the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the invention is not to be limited by the specific illustrative embodiment, but only by the scope of the appended claims.
It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together may also find a useflul application in other types of methods differing from the type described above.
While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claim, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.

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  1. I CLAIM: 1. A positioning shaft of a dual direction cable reel having an
    upper cover, a pad, a reeling disc, a coiled cable, a spring, and a lower cover, characterized in that the reeling disc and a positioning element mounted at the inner edge of the lower cover form an engaging and disengaging mechanism, wherein the positioning element includes a positioning shaft and a positioning plate and the positioning plate covers the top portion of the positioning shaft and is secured with a peg and the positioning plate has a pivot hole at the center thereof for the pivot mounting of the positioning shaft, and the front end of the positioning plate exposed from the shaft body of the positioning shaft is provided with a sliding protruded section corresponding to the railing slot at the bottom section of the reeling disc, and the bottom section is provided with an operation railing slot for the sliding protruded section to rotate along the reeling slot so as to provide an alternating engaging and a disengaging action.
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Citations (4)

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GB2337248A (en) * 1998-05-14 1999-11-17 John Quentin Phillipps Reel device
US6644582B1 (en) * 2002-07-05 2003-11-11 Sheng Hsin Liao Cable reel with a positioning mechanism
US20050006517A1 (en) * 2003-07-11 2005-01-13 Jose Wei Winding device of winding wheel and wire
GB2404703A (en) * 2003-08-01 2005-02-09 Markem Tech Ltd Slipping clutch with ceramic coating on bearing surface

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2337248A (en) * 1998-05-14 1999-11-17 John Quentin Phillipps Reel device
US6644582B1 (en) * 2002-07-05 2003-11-11 Sheng Hsin Liao Cable reel with a positioning mechanism
US20050006517A1 (en) * 2003-07-11 2005-01-13 Jose Wei Winding device of winding wheel and wire
GB2404703A (en) * 2003-08-01 2005-02-09 Markem Tech Ltd Slipping clutch with ceramic coating on bearing surface

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