GB301606A - An improved spring reel for automatically winding up electric conductors - Google Patents

Abstract

301,606. Morton, C. R., Robertson, N. D. G., and Smith, L., (trading as Wayne Electrical Co.). Oct. 21, 1927. Apparatus for automatically taking up slack of conductors, of the type described in Specification 184,518, in which swivelling arms support a spring-controlled cable reel D, one arm being fitted with a gravity catch to retain the reel D with the cable extended, is now formed with a second gravity catch pivoted to work in the opposite direction to prevent the cable continuing to pay out when the lamp supported is of weight greater than the strength of the spring. In the embodiment a bracket A carries a swivel B with arms C, C<1> which support a spring controlled reel D. The arm C is fitted with a catch E to retain the cable extended against the spring action. The catch E is pivoted on a pin e<1> passing through a projection c on the arm C, a finger e<2> engaging a recess in a recess c<1> in a projection c<4>. When the catch E is operative, a projection e on the face d of the reel D is held in a recess e<5> in the catch E. A second catch F, pivotally mounted on a pin c<3> carried by a projection c<2> of the leg C', is adapted to engage pins f on the face d<1> of the reel D. A finger f<2> on the catch F engages a recess c<5> in a projection c<6> of the arm c<1>.