Vehicle external electric supply system

An external electric supply to be mounted proximate to an engine, comprising:

• a. a first and second housing for retractably containing an electric cord having opposing ends, said first and second housing defining an opening;
• b. a reel shaft centrally located in said first and second housings;
• c. a plurality of plates secured to said reel shaft;
• d. a spool protruding from said plate wherein said electric cord is wrapped about said spool;
• e. a spring wrapped about said shaft for biasing said shaft in a direction which keeps said electric cord wrapped about said spool,
• whereby one end of said electric cord can be retractably pulled through said opening and plugged into an electrical outlet in order to provide electricity at the other end of said electrical cord, and whereby said electric cord, after being unplugged from said electrical outlet, is rewrapped about said collector spool;
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• f. a dust bushing proximate to said opening which acts to clean said cord while being rewrapped.

An external electric supply to be mounted proximate to an engine comprising:

• a. a first and second housing for retractably containing an electric cord having opposing ends, said first and second housing defining an opening;
• b. a reel shaft centrally located in said first and second housings;
• c. a plurality of plates secured to said reel shaft;
• d. a spool protruding from said plate wherein said electric cord is wrapped about said spool;
• e. a spring wrapped about said shaft for biasing said shaft in a direction which keeps said electric cord wrapped about said spool,
• whereby one end of said electric cord can be retractably pulled through said opening and plugged into an electrical outlet in order to provide electricity at the other end of said electrical cord, and whereby said electric cord, after being unplugged from said electrical outlet, is rewrapped about said collector spool;
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• wherein said case is annular shaped with a protruding neck region, said neck region defining said opening and surrounded by a dust bushing, whereby said first electric cord is cleaned by said dust bushing while passing through said opening.

An electric cord holder device to be mounted proximate to an engine comprising:

• a. a case;
• b. a spool rotatably disposed within said case for holding a first electric cord;
• c. a connector which electrically connects said first electric cord to a second electric cord, said second electric cord being designed to function as an electrical outlet;
• d. an automatic switch which allows electricity to flow from said first electric cord to said second electric cord when an engine compartment has an ambient temperature less than a predetermined temperature set through the automatic switch;
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• e. a manual switch which allows electricity to flow from said first electric cord to said second electric cord when said engine compartment has an ambient temperature greater than said predetermined temperature, and whereby said second electric cord is capable of functioning as an electrical outlet when electricity is allowed to flow from said first electric cord to said second electric cord.

A method of providing an external electric supply proximate to an engine compartment, comprising the steps of:

• a. establishing a housing containing an electric cord proximate to said engine compartment;
• b. extending a first end of said electric cord from said housing outside of said engine compartment;
• c. retractably extending said first end of said electric cord from said engine compartment;
• d. connecting said first end of said electric cord to a line voltage electrical source external to said engine compartment;
• e. establishing a rotatable electrical connection within said housing;
• f automatically switching to allow electricity to flow through the entire electric cord when said engine compartment has an ambient temperature below a predetermined temperature;
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• g. creating a source of line voltage electricity within said engine compartment.