Patent ID: 6161788
Filing Date: 2000-12-19
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A reeling device for an elongated, flexible member comprising:a rotatable member being rotated in a first direction for unwinding the elongated, flexible member and being rotated in a second direction for reeling the elongated, flexible member onto the rotatable member;a spring being attached to the rotatable member, the spring stretching when the rotatable member is rotated in the first direction, after being rotated in the first direction the spring causing the rotatable member to rotate in the second direction;at least one electric machine being driven by the rotation of the rotatable member in the second direction, the electric machine when driven generating electrical energy; andat least one electric loading device for slowing the rotation of the rotatable member in the second direction, the electric loading device receiving and consuming the electrical energy generated by the electric machine.