Stationary motorized power cord reel
OwnerRocky Lee Clantoninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for winding a power cord from a floor. The power cord supplies power to a dependent device, such as a vacuum cleaner. The apparatus includes a spool, a traverse for winding and distributing the power cord onto the spool, a motor for driving the traverse, a floor rod for keeping the cord near the floor, and a remote control that couples power from the cord to the dependent device and that activates the traverse to reel the cord onto the spool.
Claims14
An apparatus for winding a power cord from a floor, the power cord supplying power to a dependent device, said apparatus comprising:
- a spool;
- a traverse in operative relation to said spool and configured to wind and distribute said cord onto said spool by moving longitudinally with respect to said spool;
- a motor coupled to said traverse and configured to move said traverse longitudinally with respect to said spool;
- a floor rod in operative relation to said traverse and configured to secure at least a portion of said cord adjacent said floor;
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- a remote control coupled to said cord and configured to couple power from said cord to said dependent device, said remote control configured to activate said traverse to reel said cord onto said spool.
An apparatus for winding a power cord from a floor, the power cord supplying power to a dependent device, said apparatus comprising:
- a spool;
- an apparatus housing having an upper and lower side;
- a traverse including an upper and lower traverse housing, said traverse in operative relation to said spool and configured to wind and distribute said cord onto said spool by moving longitudinally with respect to said spool;
- a traverse rod coupled to said upper traverse housing;
- a spiral traverse rod coupled to said lower traverse housing;
- a spiral fitting defined by said lower traverse housing and configured to engage said spiral transverse rod to move said traverse longitudinally with respect to said spool;
- a motor coupled to said traverse and to said spiral traverse rod, said motor configured to move said traverse longitudinally with respect to said spool;
- a floor rod in operative relation to said traverse and positioned adjacent said lower side of said apparatus housing, said floor rod configured to secure at least a portion of said cord adjacent said floor;
- a floor cord brush coupled to said floor rod and configured to clean said cord during winding;
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- a remote control coupled to said cord and configured to couple power from said cord to said dependent device, said remote control configured to activate said traverse to reel said cord onto said spool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.