Automated cord reel apparatus

• US 9,793,699 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2012
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sung Yol Yun
• Original Assignee: Sung Yol Yun
• Inventors: Yun, Sung Yol
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuhfuss, Zachary L
• Application Number:
  US13/408,935
• Publication Number:
  US 20130098725A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,057 Days
• Field of Search: 191 122, 191 122 R, 191 122 A, 191 124
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/44 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 75/48 Automatic re-storing devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 11/02 using take-up reel or drum

Abstract

The present disclosure is of an automated cord reel apparatus comprising a housing; an electrical cord accommodated into the housing with one end of the electrical cord being mounted with a plug member connected to a wall receptacle and the other end of the electrical cord being mounted with an extension socket; and an electric cord unwinding/winding device for unwinding or winding the electric cord in response to a user option, wherein the electric cord, a motor adjusting a rotation direction of the guide unit, and a switch mounted at the extension socket to turn on/off and forwardly/backwardly rotate the motor.

Claims

1. A cord reel apparatus comprising:

a housing provided in a cylindrical shape;

an electrical cord accommodated into the housing, one end of said electrical cord being mounted with a plug member connected to a wall receptacle and the other end of said electrical cord being mounted with an extension socket;

an electric cord winding/unwinding device for winding or unwinding said electrical cord in response to a user option wherein said electric cord unwinding/winding device includes a guide unit guiding the winding/unwinding of said electrical cord; and

a motor that adjusts the rotation direction of said guide unit, and a switch mounted at said extension socket to turn on/off and forwardly/backwardly rotate said motor,

wherein said guide unit further comprises;

a conically shaped guide member fixed to the housing and centrally protruded from said housing to taper toward an upper side;

a plurality of idle roller members arranged on an unwinding/winding path of said electrical cord; and

a main roller member gripping said electrical cord using at least one or more idle roller members and connected to the motor to receive power from the motor.

2. The cord reel apparatus of claim 1, wherein said housing is mounted with a balancing switch at a position adjacent to the plug member, and a limit switch is mounted at a position adjacent to said extension socket.

3. The cord reel apparatus of claim 1 wherein said housing includes a junction box fixing the plug member such that the plug member can be exposed at a predetermined length.

4. The cord reel apparatus of claim 1 wherein said switch is mounted at any one position of a floor surface of the extension socket, a front wall surface, a rear wall surface, and a lateral wall surface.

5. The cord reel apparatus of claim 4 wherein the switch includes a first position rotating the motor to a forward direction, and a second position rotating the motor to a backward direction.