Patent ID: 6715707
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A cable reel comprising:a stationary body; a movable body combined with the stationary body to define an outer cylindrical section, an inner cylindrical section, a bottom plate section and a roof plate section surrounding an annular hollow section; a guide member disposed in the annular hollow section, the guide member including a C-shaped ring and a plurality of rollers spaced apart from each other and rotatably supported by the ring; and a flat cable having one end fixed at the movable body and the other end fixed at the stationary body, the flat cable wound round an inner circumferential passage formed between the inner cylindrical section and the rollers and wound round an outer circumferential passage formed between the outer cylindrical section and the rollers, wherein a winding direction of the flat cable in the inner circumferential passage is inverted to that of the flat cable in the outer circumferential passage; an intermediate portion of each roller is rotatably held by the ring under the condition that a roller axis is tilted; and at least one portion of each roller on the inner cylindrical section side comes into contact with the flat cable passing through the inner circumferential passage and at least one portion of each roller on the outer cylindrical section side comes into contact with the bottom plate section of the stationary body.