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US 9,309,087 B2Granted
Retractable cable and cable rewind spool configuration
AssigneeAmx LLC
InventorsDouglas N. Laube, Michael Woodford Freitas
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Abstract
A spool apparatus is described to include in one particular example a cable spool with a first cylindrical lip and a second cylindrical lip on an opposite side of the cable spool. A center of the spool includes a clutch bearing in the center of both the first cylindrical lip and the second cylindrical lip that provides a rotational axis for the cable spool to rotate around. The apparatus may also include a feed slot near the first cylindrical lip that provides a passage for cable to pass from the second cylindrical lip to the first cylindrical lip.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a cable spool housing comprising a back plate and a front plate;
- a cable spool with a first cylindrical lip on a first side of the cable spool housing and a second cylindrical lip on a second side of the cable spool housing opposite the first side and a cable wound around the first cylindrical lip and the second cylindrical lip;
- and
- a clutch bearing in the center of both the first cylindrical lip and the second cylindrical lip that provides a rotational axis for the cable spool to rotate around.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first cable spool comprising a first cylindrical lip;
- a second cable spool affixed to an opposite side of the first spool comprising a second cylindrical lip that is smaller in diameter than a diameter of the first cylindrical lip;
- a clutch bearing in the center of both the first cylindrical lip and the second cylindrical lip that provides a rotational axis;
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- a feed slot contiguous with the first cylindrical lip that provides a passage for cable to pass from the second cylindrical lip to the first cylindrical lip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.