Patent ID: 8444115
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
1. A cable manipulator comprising: a base; a plurality of fixed plates attached to the base and spaced from each other, each of the plurality of fixed plates comprising a pair of cams attached to a respective one of the fixed plates, each cam of the pair of cams being spaced from another cam of the pair of cams such that a length of cable can be inserted therebetween and a rotatable plate between adjacent ones of the fixed plates, the rotatable plate comprising a pair of cams attached to the rotatable plate, wherein the rotatable plate is positioned with respect to each of the fixed plates such that the rotatable plate is spaced from the pair of cams on the fixed plates at any point of its rotation, and wherein rotation of the rotatable plate causes an end of the cable to be moved closer to the base.