Patent ID: 8479890

Claim:
An actuating assembly, comprising a rotatable member and electric drive means for driving the rotatable member to rotate, the rotatable member being arranged for engagement with a cable arrangement which comprises a cable disposed within a conduit and in use the cable arrangement can extend for connection with at least one device to be actuated, the rotatable member being arranged such that it is operable to pull the cable of the cable arrangement on each side of the rotatable member upon rotation of the rotatable member in a first direction, and to extend the cable upon rotation of the rotatable member in a second and reverse direction, the assembly further comprising a pair of reaction abutments one each of which is disposed on opposite sides of the rotatable member for connection of a portion of the cable arrangement and for transmission of cable load thereto, the rotatable member being arranged to be fixedly mounted and the reaction abutments being mounted for movement toward or away from the rotatable member, the conduit of the cable arrangement being fixed to one of the pair of reaction abutments and the cable extending therefrom and into engagement with the rotatable member, the cable further extending into engagement with the other of the pair of reaction abutments.