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Self-storing cord and reel assemblies for shielded cables

US4713497A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 3, 1982
Grant dateDec 15, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 3, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02G11/02
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A retractable self-storing reel assembly for shielded and unshielded electrical cable employing a reel journaled in a casing having an integral hollow hub with one end of the hub providing an entranceway into the hub for the male end of an elongated cable coaxially of the reel and the outer periphery of the hub in the casing forming an opening for receiving one end of a cable mounted on the reel for connection to and termination in the hub. An outlet for the cable is provided in the casing in an area juxtapositioned to the periphery of the reel.

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