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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1996
Satoshi Ishikawa, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Nobuhiko Suzuki, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A relay device includes a first rotor having an inner cylinder, a second rotor having an outer cylinder and a single cutter unit for cutting the flexible flat cable. In either case that, due to relative rotation of said first and second rotors, the flexible flat cable is wound around to the side of the inner cylinder over a predetermined volume or that the flexible flat cable is wound back to the side of the outer cylinder over another predetermined volume, the cutter unit serves to cut off the flexible flat cable. The cutter unit includes a C-shaped cutting arm having opposing base ends rotatably supported by the inner cylinder, a cutter holder attached to a leading end of the cutting arm and a cutter body mounted on the cutter holder so as to face the flexible flat cable at the leading end.