A retractable cord reel houses contacts that connect autonomously when the user aligns the spool to lock it from retracting. The spool and housing contains high quality, sensitive contacts for high speed data and other critical signals that engage when indexed by the user. The design is flexible for adaptation to a variety of applications and scalable based on cable type and length as well as the number of contacts required. The contacts are engaged when the user allows an indexing dog to engage a spool indexing housing causing the dog to shift and force a mating lever to make the electrical connection. Decoupling occurs instantly when the spool is slightly rotated by the user. The user's only action throughout the process is to pull the cable. Without this intentional action of the user, the spool, rotates freely and the contacts are not engaged.

Clothing drying device has: a drum with a rope wound around; a casing body having an entrance/exit surface and storing the drum, the entrance/exit surface being provided adjacent to a wall surface to which the casing body is fixed, the entrance/exit surface allowing the rope to go in and out; and a gate-shaped guide member provided on the entrance/exit surface, comprising a hole portion provided inside the guide member and the rope is passed through, a pair of pole portions extending in the direction intersecting with the wall surface and having an arc surface becoming convex toward the hole portion, and a beam portion passed between the pair of pole portions at the end portion opposite to the end portion of the wall surface side of the pair of pole portions and having an arc surface becoming convex toward the hole portion.

Holding device (100) for portable equipment, in particular cameras, comprising a housing (1) in which a roller element (2) and a return element (7) are arranged, wherein the roller element (2) is arranged on the housing (1) and is rotatably mounted in relation to the housing (1), a tie (9) for fastening equipment items, wherein the tie (9) is completely rolled up on the roller element (2) in an initial state and only one end of the tie (9) protrudes from the housing (1), wherein the return element (7) is arranged between the housing (1) and the roller element (2) in such a way that the return element (7) exerts a tensile force on the roller element (2) so that the tie (9) can be rolled up on the roller element (2), wherein the tie (9) can be unrolled and can be pulled out of the housing (1) in relation thereto when a tensile force facing away from the housing (1) is exerted on the tie (9), a force which is greater than the force exerted by the return element (7) on the roller element (2), up to an end position in which the tie (9) is completely unrolled from the roller element (2), and wherein the tie (9) can be rolled up to the initial state and can be pulled out of the housing (1) in relation thereto when a tensile force facing away from the housing (1) is exerted on the tie (9), a force which is smaller than the force exerted by the return element (7) on the roller element (2),
where
the holding device (100) comprises a bistable locking mechanism (20) with two switching positions, namely a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein in the locked position the rotation of the roller element (2) in relation to the housing (1) is blocked and the tie (9) is rolled off by at least 80%, in particular by 80 to 99%, preferably by 95 to 99%, wherein in the unlocked position the roller element (2) is rotatable in relation to the housing (1) and wherein the locking mechanism (20) can be changed between the locked position and the unlocked position by placing the tie (9) in the end position.

The invention relates to a winding device (10) for a line (1), such as a cable or hose, including a stationary frame (11) and a winding drum (12), which is rotatably mounted on said frame and has an interior (12B). From the outside (12A) of the winding drum (12), the line can be wound or unwound. An inner rotary guide (18) in the interior (12B) guides the line (1) continuously from a fixed point (F) fixed with respect to the frame to a rotation point (R) on the winding drum (12) and defines a line course, having two opposite windings (18A, 18B) about the axis of rotation (A), and a rotatable deflection element (18C), in which the line changes over. According to the invention, the winding drum (12) has a first cut-out (15A) at a first end, on the side of the rotation point (R), which cut-out opens out axially and at an end face, and a retaining part (19B) at the other end, which retaining part is rotationally fixed to the frame, has a second cut-out (15B), which opens outward in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation (A). By virtue of the cut-outs (15A, 15B) in combination with the special rotary guide (18), the line (1) to be wound can be continuously routed without interruption and without rotational coupling or be subsequently attached, from the outside (12A) through the first cut-out (15A), in the inner rotary guide (18) and from the fixed point (F) of the rotary guide through the second cut-out (15B) or vice versa.

A slow retraction mechanism, a locking-type slow retraction device and a winding device. The slow retraction mechanism fits with a winder including a main shaft and a main body rotatably sleeved thereon. The main body can rotate around the main shaft to wind or unwind flexible materials. The slow retraction mechanism includes a blocking part, a decelerating part rotatably arranged on the main body, and an elastic part arranged on the main body and connected with the decelerating part. When the main body rotates around the main shaft in a first direction to wind the flexible material, the decelerating part rotates relative to the main body along a second direction opposite to the first direction to approach the blocking part to rub against the blocking part to reduce a rotation speed. The elastic part applies an elastic force to hinder the decelerating part from rotating along the second direction.

A lacing system configured to selectively adjust the size of an opening on an object and allow for the incremental release of the lace within the lacing system. The lacing system can have a reel comprising a housing, a spool supported by the housing, and a knob supported by the housing. The reel can be configured so that cable is gathered in the channel formed in the spool when the spool is rotated in a first direction relative to the housing, and so that cable can be incrementally released from the spool when the spool is rotated in a second direction relative to the housing. In some embodiments, the reel can include a rotation limiter which can be configured to prevent over-tightening of the lacing system and/or to prevent rotation past the substantially fully loosened state.

The invention discloses a locking structure for adjusting and/or locking a relative position between the first structure and the second structure, comprising: locking body, being movably connected to the first structure; a first member, extending along the length of the locking body and connected to the locking body; a guiding body disposed on the first member. The guiding body adjusts a relative position between the first structure and the second structure by moving along the guiding passage. The guiding body locks a relative position between the first structure and the second structure by entering a locking area of the guiding passage. The present invention further discloses a locking device and a coiling device using the locking structure. By providing a first member having a guiding body on the first structure and simultaneously providing a guiding passage on the second structure, when the first structure and the second structure are moved relatively, the guiding body is guided on the guiding passage. Different positions are used to adjust the relative position between the first structure and the second structure, and the locking of the specific position is completed, the locking effect is good and the reliability is high.

A lacing system configured to selectively adjust the size of an opening on an object and allow for the incremental release of the lace within the lacing system. The lacing system can have a reel comprising a housing, a spool supported by the housing, and a knob supported by the housing. The reel can be configured so that cable is gathered in the channel formed in the spool when the spool is rotated in a first direction relative to the housing, and so that cable can be incrementally released from the spool when the spool is rotated in a second direction relative to the housing. In some embodiments, the reel can include a rotation limiter which can be configured to prevent over-tightening of the lacing system and/or to prevent rotation past the substantially fully loosened state.

A cord reel cable including a polymeric sheath with a conductive EMI drain and a method of manufacture therefor. The cord reel includes a cable comprising power and data conductors, as wells as a single drain wire which is grounded to a cord reel housing or spool or the like. The drain wire contacts an outer ETFE layer surrounding the cable in order to provide EMI shielding to the cable.

A lacing system configured to selectively adjust the size of an opening on an object and allow for the incremental release of the lace within the lacing system. The lacing system can have a reel comprising a housing, a spool supported by the housing, and a knob supported by the housing. The reel can be configured so that cable is gathered in the channel formed in the spool when the spool is rotated in a first direction relative to the housing, and so that cable can be incrementally released from the spool when the spool is rotated in a second direction relative to the housing. In some embodiments, the reel can include a rotation limiter which can be configured to prevent over-tightening of the lacing system and/or to prevent rotation past the substantially fully loosened state.