Conduit reservoir for intake of an electrical, optical or fluid conduit

US8899507B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Omid Abri · Berlin, DE
• Svenia Karge · Berlin, DE
• Julian Verkin · Brück, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 23, 2012
• Grant date: Dec 2, 2014
• Expiry date: Feb 15, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H75/4452
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A conduit reservoir for intake of an electrical or optical cable or of a hose or other conduit to conduct or transmit at least either a fluid, a signal or electric current includes a carrier that can rotate about a predetermined rotation axis, conduit devices on the carrier and a conduit path defined by the conduit devices and having a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, such that the conduit path is defined by the conduit devices in such a way that a conduit originally inserted in the second portion of the conduit path, upon a rotation of the carrier in a first rotation direction about the rotation axis, is simultaneously inserted in the first portion and in the third portion (31) of the conduit path. The conduit devices are configured to permit a movement of a conduit along the conduit path.