A cable retraction apparatus has a housing (102 fig. 1) with a cable opening, a moveable carriage or floating block and pulley 208 mounted for movement relative to the housing and comprising a body 222 and a plurality of spaced-apart rolling elements 224, 226, 228 mounted for rotation relative to the body 222 and arranged to be in contact with a cable 55 in use. Rolling elements 224, 226, 228 may be arranged on a common arc and body 222 may be shaped as a semi-circle. Carriage 208 may be resiliently biased to a cable retracted position by a resiliently extendible element 204 such as a tension coil spring arranged around a spring guide body 214 to follow a non-linear path. A static carriage or fixed block and pulley 210 may also comprising a body 234 and a plurality of spaced-apart rolling elements 236, 238, 240 mounted for rotation relative to the body 234 and arranged to be in contact with the cable 55 in use. The retraction apparatus may form part of a wall mounted consumer electronic charging station 100 with a support 174 for an electronic device or it may form part of a vehicle charging station (300 fig. 10). The retraction apparatus may be used with copper data cables, fibre cables or flexible fluid conduits such as hoses.
Cable retraction apparatus
2019-12-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B65H HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES , Handhaben von dünnem oder fadenförmigem Gut, z.B. Folien, Bahnen, Kabeln / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / H02G INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES , Verlegen oder Installieren elektrischer Kabel oder Leitungen, Verlegen oder Installieren kombinierter optischer und elektrischer Kabel oder Leitungen |