Flexible member reeling device
OwnerCalvin W. Perryinventor
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Abstract
A flexible member winding in and pay-out device. This device is commonly used with extension cords, dog leashes, towing cables and the like. There is provided a drum to receive a flexible member. A drum flange is attached to the drum for supporting the drum either on or off its base whereon the drum and flange are mounted. A cover means is rotatably mounted on and adjacently encircling an outer circumference of the drum and can form with the drum flange an endwise confinement for the flexible member wound on the drum. A hollow crank handle is pivotably attached to the cover means to internally guide the flexible member to or from the drum as relative rotation takes place therebetween.
Claims14
A reeling device comprising in combination, a drum body having an inner surface and an outer surface to receive a flexible member, a drum flange attached to said drum body, a toothed circular plate retainer fixedly mounted on and adjacently encircling the outer surface of said drum body to cooperate with said drum flange for confining the flexible member on said drum body, a circumferential recess formed in the outer surface of said drum body, a cover body rotatably received in said circumferential recess, a hollow crank handle pivotally attached to said cover body to internally guide the flexible member to or from said drum body when said hollow crank handle is in an operative position perpendicular to said cover body, a tooth formed on said hollow crank handle to engage said fixedly mounted toothed circular plate retainer when said hollow crank handle is in an inoperative position, a drum flange recess, a mounting base, a protrusion on said mounting base to slideably engage said drum flange recess, a cover plate releasably attached to said cover body to permit access to the inner surface of said drum body, a spring loaded detent mounted on the inner surface of and passing through said drum body, a cover body recess to receive said spring loaded detent which has passed through said drum body to selectively prevent relative rotation between said cover body and said drum body, a fastener means to hold one end of the flexible member stationary relative to the movement of said cover body.
A reeling device comprising in combination, a drum body to receive a flexible member, a drum flange attached to said drum body and capable of assisting in confining the flexible member on said drum body, a cover body rotatably mounted on and adjacently encircling an outer circumference of said drum body, a toothed circular plate retainer fixedly mounted on and adjacently encircling an outer circumference of said drum body to assist in confining the flexible member of said drum body, a recess formed in the outer circumference of said drum body to rotatably receive said cover body, a hollow crank handle pivotally attached to said cover body to internally guide the flexible member to or from said drum body, said hollow crank handle including a tortuous path longitudinal slit to permit radial entry of the flexible member so that it may be internally guided, said hollow crank handle further including a tooth to engage said toothed circular plate retainer when said hollow crank handle is in an inoperative position, a fastener means to hold one end of the flexible member stationary relative to the movement of said cover body.
A reeling device comprising in combination, a tubular drum body, said tubular drum body including an external surface, a first portion of which is to receive a flexible member wound thereon, a drum flange having mounting means, said drum flange being attached to said tubular drum body so that said drum flange restricts axial movement of said flexible member when wound on said first portion of said external surface, a cover body rotatably mounted on and adjacently encircling a second portion of said external surface at a fixed axial location thereby forming with said drum flange an axial confinement for the flexible member wound on said first portion of said external surface of said tubular drum body, a recess receiving said cover body, formed on said tubular drum body defining said fixed axial location and wherein said tubular drum body external surface second portion forms at least a portion of said recess, a hollow crank handle attached to said cover body to receive a manual force for rotating said cover body, said hollow crank handle having an inner surface for internally guiding said flexible member to or from said tubular drum body, and a fastener means to hold one end of the flexible member stationary relative to the movement of said cover body.
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