Patent ID: 6942080
Filing Date: 2005-09-13
Classification: B65H,D06F,H02G

Abstract:
1. An electrical appliance comprising: a housing; an electric unit mounted within said housing; a winding unit mounted within said housing and including a reel member; an electrical wire connected electrically to said electric unit and wound around said reel member, said electrical wire having one end provided with a plug portion; and a latch unit disposed movably within said housing, said latch unit engaging releasably said reel member to prevent said reel member from rotation in a winding direction of said reel member; wherein said housing has at least one insert hole proximate to said latch unit for extension of the plug portion therethrough so as to press and disengage said latch unit from said reel member, thereby permitting said winding unit to wind the electrical wire, wherein said housing further includes an outer wall and a socket member disposed within said outer wall, said insert hole being formed in said socket member, wherein said outer wall has a cutout portion, said socket member being fitted within said cutout portion, and wherein said socket member has a face wall flush with said outer wall, and a peripheral wall extending laterally and inwardly from said face wall, said face wall and said peripheral wall cooperating to define a receiving space, said plug portion being received in said receiving space.