Patent ID: 6065710
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: A61B,B65H,H02G

Abstract:
An apparatus for winding and unwinding cables comprising:a first rotatable drum and at least one first cable entrained around said first drum, said first cable, in a first drum winding operation, being wound onto or unwound from said first drum dependent on a direction of rotation of said first drum;a second rotatable drum and at least one second cable entrained around said second drum, said second drum being disposed non-coaxially relative to said first drum, and said second cable, in a second drum winding operation, either being wound onto or unwound from said second drum dependent on a direction of rotation of said second drum;a coupling linkage always mechanically connecting said first drum and said second drum for always simultaneously rotating said first drum and said second drum, said coupling linkage causing(g said first drum and said second drum, when rotated, to always simultaneously rotate; andmeans cooperating with said coupling linkage for operating said coupling linkage to rotate said first drum and said second drum to simultaneously execute said first drum winding operation and said second drum winding operation.