Patent ID: 6915831
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: E06B

Abstract:
1. A cord-wrapping device, comprising: a cradle; a first drum mounted on said cradle for rotation about a first axis relative to said cradle, said drum having an upstream end and a downstream end and defining a steeply inclined inlet surface portion; a first cord mounted on said first drum, said cord having a diameter; and a feed guide fixed relative to said cradle, said feed guide directing said cord onto said steeply inclined portion as the cord wraps onto the drum, wherein the slope of said steeply inclined portion is sufficient that a load sufficient to keep the cord taut as it winds up onto the drum is also sufficient to cause the cord to slide down said steeply inclined portion toward said first slightly tapered portion and to push preceding wraps of said cord along said first slightly tapered portion as the drum rotates.