Cable take up for traversing mechanisms
US3937308A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 23, 1973 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 1993 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S366/601
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A motorized traversing power unit includes a take-up reel, with a power supply cable which is anchored at one end adjacent one end of the path of the power unit and is wrapped in one direction around the reel, and a drive cable anchored at one end adjacent the opposite end of the path of the power unit and passing around the take-up reel in an opposite direction. Upon movement of the power unit in either direction, the paying out of one of these cables from the reel causes rotation of the reel for automatic take up of the other cable.
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