公开(公告)号：US20230278826A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-07

申请号：US18116905

申请日：2023-03-03

Applicant: Crestron Electronics, Inc.

Inventor： Kriss Replogle ,  Charles Magrino ,  Brian Clough ,  David Paolazzi ,  Obioma Chukwuocha

IPC: B65H75/36 ,  B65H51/08

CPC classification number: B65H75/362 ,  B65H51/08 ,  B65H75/368 ,  B65H2511/51 ,  B65H2511/515 ,  B65H2513/40

Abstract: A cable retractor includes a housing. A motorized drive section within the housing urges at least a segment of cable past the drive section. A chamber within the housing holds at least another segment of the cable that is stored freely without a specific arrangement of the cable. The motorized drive section urges the cable in a first direction to draw the at least another segment from the chamber, then past the motorized drive section, and then through an external opening in the housing to outside. The motorized drive urges the cable in a second, opposing direction to draw the another segment through the external opening in the housing from outside, then past the motorized drive section, and then into the chamber, the another segment being urged freely into the chamber without a specific arrangement of the cable in the chamber.