Patent ID: 9533856
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B65H

Claim:
1. A system for paying out and withdrawing an elongate member, comprising: a rotatable reel that is configured to receive and retain a length of a flexible elongate member in a coiled fashion thereon, wherein rotation of the reel causes the flexible elongate member to be either payed out from the reel or withdrawn toward the reel, depending upon a direction of rotation of the reel; a torque input configured to selectively transmit torque to the reel to urge rotation of the reel; a transmission in operative connection between the torque input and reel, the transmission is configured to transfer torque from the torque input to the reel; a sensor operatively engaged with the reel, the sensor being configured to sense movement of the reel and generate a signal representative of the sensed movement of the reel, wherein the transmission is operatively engaged with a sensor input and the sensor meshinqly enqaqes with the sensor input, such that the signal is generated based upon movement of the sensor input as urged by the transmission; and a controller that is configured to receive the signal from the sensor, the controller generates information for a display to indicate a length of the elongate member that is payed out from the reel.