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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1989
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a cable reel including a fixed member having an outer ring wall, a movable member having an inner ring wall and rotatably mounted to the fixed member, and a cable wound with a plurality of turns between the fixed member and the movable member and having opposite ends fixed to the outer ring wall and the inner ring wall, wherein when the movable member is rotated in either of a winding direction or an unwinding direction of the cable, the cable is wound up around the inner ring wall or is unwound to the outer ring wall; the improvement comprises a stopper formed of a rigid material and fixed to the cable at a position near the inner circumferential end thereof, wherein when the cable is unwound by a predetermined amount or more, the stopper stands to stop between the cable unwound to the outer ring wall and the cable inverted on the inner ring wall.