Electronic device for releasing, retracting, and storing a cable or a cable-like structure

Abstract

The present invention discloses an electronic device for retracting, releasing, and storing cables or cable-like structures for equipment, devices, apparatus, machines, or similar structures. The device provides an effective way to release, retract, and store cables and cable-like structures. By retracting the cable into the device and routing it around an inner cylindrical structure using motors, the device can efficiently control the length of cables as required. The motor(s) can release the cable to any desired size, so organizing and making it the desired and appropriate length is very convenient. Supporting structure, gears, and bearings assure cable and cable-like structure to retract and release. The line-linked switch or remote switch provides convenience when using the device.

What is claimed are: 
     
         1 . An electronic device used to release, retract, and store a cable or a cable-like structure comprising:
 a top cover;   a bottom cover;   a sandwiched housing;
 a rotatably releasing and retracting electronic device; 
   a rotatably releasing, retracting, and storing means;   at least one floating flange-bearing structure;   a plurality of sensors via colored-light indicators to identify the device's normal working and abnormal working state;   a manual switch or/and a wireless remote controller with forward, backward, and stop functions;
   a cable or cable-like structure; and
 a label; 
 wherein the top cover having: 
 a plurality of penetrative holes; 
 a plurality of sensor indicators; and 
   
 at least two cut-away parts of the cover wall; 
   wherein the bottom cover comprising:
   a plurality of penetrative holes;   
   wherein the sandwiched housing comprising:
   at least one vertical directing groove on the inner wall;
 a movable ring; 
 a circular stepped protrusion on the inner wall of the lower portion; a plurality of threaded holes on both the top end and the bottom end; wherein the rotatably releasing and retracting electronic device having: at least one battery or d/c or a/c powered motor with a through shaft; a plurality of gears; 
 a plurality of bearings; 
 at least one fixed friction pad; 
 at least one top supporting structure and one bottom supporting part make the rotatably releasing and retracting electronic device suspending and stable working; 
 wherein the rotatably releasing, retracting, and storing means comprising: a vertically movable threaded regulator having a plurality of rotatably directing 
   
 bars and threaded inner wall; a hollow tubular structure with helix groove to house the cable or cable-like structure; a support part; 
   wherein the floating flange-bearing structure consists of:
   a shallow circular groove on the bottom of the flange in the rotatably releasing, retracting and storing means;
 a movable ring; and 
 a stepped circular groove on the bottom of the sandwiched housing. 
   
   
     
     
         2 . The device recited in  claim 1 , wherein the plurality gears in the rotatably releasing and retracting electronic device including:
 one of the at least one of the plurality gears is the first gear,
 wherein the first gear is a bevel gear fastened with the top shaft of the motor; 
   one of the at least one of the plurality gears is the second gear,
   wherein the second gear is a bevel gear and meshes with the first bevel gear; one of the at least one of the plurality gears is the third gear,
 wherein the third gear is a spur gear connected with the second gear; wherein the second bevel gear and the third spur gear jointly form one, having one penetrative hole and sharing one shaft 
   
   
     
     
         3 . The device recited in  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of bearings including: one of the at least one of the plurality bearings is the first bearing; one of the at least one of the plurality bearings is the second bearing; and one of the at least one of the plurality bearings is the third bearing; wherein the first bearing and the second bearing are linked with a shaft to bear the second gear and the third gear; wherein the third bearing links with the tube-like structure to support the flange in the rotatably releasing, retracting, and storing means and further support the rotatably releasing and retracting electronic device. 
     
     
         4 . The device recited in  claim 1 , wherein the fixed friction pad and the spur gear constitute the first primary functional means for releasing and retracting the cable or cable-like structure. 
     
     
         5 . The device recited in  claim 1 , wherein the hex nut inserts the hexagonal groove and constitutes the second primary functional means to turn the rotatably releasing, retracting, and storing means for releasing or retracting the cable or cable-like structure. 
     
     
         6 . The device recited in  claim 1 , wherein the supporting structures used to hold the rotatably releasing and retracting electronic device comprising: a crossbeam with a plurality of holes; a plurality of threaded supporting shafts, at least one first top flange with a plurality of penetrative holes and at least one second bottom flange with a plurality of penetrative holes; a supporting part of the rotatably releasing, retracting, and storing means; a plurality of screw nuts and screws. 
     
     
         7 . An electronic device used to release, retract and store a cable or a cable-like structure comprising:
 a top cover;   a bottom cover; a sandwiched housing; a rotatably releasing and retracting electronic device; a rotatably releasing, retracting, and storing means; at least one floating flange-bearing structure; a manual switch or/and a wireless remote controller with forward, backward, and stop functions; a plurality of sensors via colored-light indicators to identify the device's normal working and abnormal working state;   a cable or cable-like structure; and   a label;
 wherein the rotatably releasing and retracting electronic device having:
 at least one first d/c or a/c powered motor with a shaft,
 at least one second d/c or a/c powered motor with a shaft; 
 at least one spur gear fastens with the shaft of the first motor; at least one fixed friction pad; 
 wherein the fixed friction pad and the spur gear constitutes the functional structure to pull out or pull back the cable or cable-like structure; 
 at least one hex nut fastens with the shaft of the second motor; wherein the hexagonal nut matches with the hexagonal groove on the flange of the support apart to constitute a rotating structure to turn the rotatably releasing, retracting, and storing means in two directions for releasing or retracting the cable or cable-like structure; at least one bearing; a supporting structure used to hold the rotatably releasing and retracting electronic device; 
 
 
 wherein the supporting structure comprising:
   a crossbeam with a plurality of holes,   a plurality of threaded supporting shafts,   at least one first top flange with a plurality of penetrative holes and at least one second bottom flange with a plurality of penetrative holes,   a supporting part in the rotatably releasing, retracting, and storing means,   a plurality of screw nuts and screws. wherein the manual switch or/and the wireless remote controller enable the first and second motor to release or retract the cable or cable-like structure simultaneously and in the same direction at the same speed.