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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert F Ditzig, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Assignee:
AL-RO, Inc., Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242372 ; 242 475 ; 242376 ; 379438 ;
Abstract
According to the invention there is provided a cord rewinder which includes two sets of multiple pulleys, each set being seated at an opposite end of an elongate housing. One set is fixed in place while the other set is biased toward its corresponding end of the housing. When a pull is applied to a cord helically wound around the pulleys and extending along the length of the housing between the pulleys, the biased pulley set moves toward the fixed pulley set releasing the cord. When the pull is removed, the biased pulley set moves back to its end position retracting the cord.