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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2007
Hiroshi Kishimoto, Kyoto, JP;
Masayuki Fukutsuka, Uji, JP;
Hiroshi Kishimoto, Kyoto, JP;
Masayuki Fukutsuka, Uji, JP;
OMRON Healthcare Co., Ltd., Kyoto-shi, JP;
Abstract
A winding unit for an air tube provided to a blood pressure monitor includes a reel body rotatably supported by a case body, and a helical spring that biases the reel body in the direction in which the air tube is wound. The air tube includes a wound portion wound by the reel body, a fixed portion immovably fixed to the case body, and a freely movable portion that freely moves as the reel body rotates. The reel body has a housing containing the freely movable portion. A second free-movement end is disposed at an eccentric position relative to a rotational center of the reel body. The winding unit is thus configured to prevent bending of the air tube in the winding unit and to be downsized.