Patent ID: 6722602
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: B65H,Y10S

Abstract:
A cable management apparatus comprising:a cable take-up apparatus for holding a length of cable thereon, said take-up apparatus including: a first spool section; a second spool section disposed adjacent to said first spool section and being arranged non-parallel to said first spool section; a member extending non-parallel to said first and second spools and having a first length of said cable extending from said take-up apparatus adapted to be secured to a structure remote from said take-up apparatus; said first and second spool sections cooperatively supporting a second length of said cable to be one of wound therefrom during a cable let out process and wound thereon during a cable take up process; and a mechanism associated with said spool sections for moving said spool sections in a figure eight path in space such that said first spool section and second spool section are alternately rotated for approximately 360 degrees of movement each, thereby enabling said second length of cable to be alternately wound off of or onto each said spool section, one revolution at a time from each said spool section, without causing continuous twisting of said first length of cable in one direction as said second length of said cable is wound or unwound from said spool sections.