Patent ID: 6372988
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B65H,H01B,H02G,H04M

Abstract:
A flat-round electrical cable for a retractable cord reel, the reel having a spool and an expansion chamber; the cable comprising:a first cable portion adapted to be held in the expansion chamber of the reel, said first cable portion comprising a plurality of elongated, seamless conductive members, each conductive member having a conductor substantially covered by an insulating layer, and means for maintaining said first cable portion in a substantially flat configuration; a second cable portion adapted to be retractably held on the spool of the reel, said second cable portion comprising a plurality of elongated, seamless conductive members, each conductive member having a conductor substantially covered by an insulating layer, each of said conductive members of said second cable portion being seamlessly continuous with respective ones of said conductive members of said first cable portion, said second cable portion having a substantially round configuration.