Plenum rated cord reel assemblies

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11827490-B2
Application number	US-202017077091-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2020
Priority date	Oct 29, 2019
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023

Abstract

A cord reel assembly is provided that includes a plenum-rated enclosure with a cord reel secured in the enclosure where the enclosure forms an air tight seal from a plenum space, but is open to a finished space. Thus, a cord reel assembly is provided that includes a cord reel and a plenum rated enclosure. The cord reel has a base plate. The enclosure is open at a bottom edge. The base plate is secured in the enclosure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cord reel assembly, comprising:
a cord reel having a base plate; and
a plenum rated enclosure being open at a bottom edge, the bottom edge extending outward of the enclosure, the base plate being secured in the enclosure, wherein the enclosure, above the bottom edge, seals an area within the enclosure from an exterior of the enclosure in an airtight manner so that the enclosure above the bottom edge is positionable outside of a finished space with the cord reel accessible from the finished space.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a cord wound on the cord reel.

3. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein the base plate is secured in the enclosure so that the cord of the cord reel extends through the bottom edge.

4. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a door at the bottom edge to selectively close the enclosure.

5. The assembly of claim 4 , further comprising a cord wound on the cord reel.

6. The assembly of claim 5 , wherein the cord is selected from a group consisting of an electrical extension cable, a computer network communication cable, a compressed air hose, and a fluid hose.

7. The assembly of claim 5 , wherein the door has an opening defined therethrough, and wherein the cord reel is secured in the enclosure so that the cord extends through the opening when the door closes the enclosure.

8. The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the opening further comprises a friction reducing structure selected from a group consisting of rounded edges, coated edges, rollers, and any combinations thereof.

9. The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the opening passes through a door edge.

10. The assembly of claim 9 , further comprising an edge cover removably attached at the door edge to selectively close the opening at the door edge.

11. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the door edge and the edge cover have upturned portions.

12. The assembly of claim 10 , wherein the edge cover secured to an inner surface of the door in a manner that ensures an outer surface of the door substantially planar.

13. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the cord reel further comprises a low friction surface at the opening.

14. The assembly of claim 13 , wherein the low friction surface is one or more rollers.

15. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the enclosure further comprises a supply device secured therein.

16. The assembly of claim 15 , wherein the supply device is a junction box.

17. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the enclosure further comprises one or more supports depending therefrom, the one or more supports being configured for securement of the enclosure to a support surface.

18. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising one or more brackets securing the cord reel to a wall of the enclosure.

19. The assembly of claim 18 , wherein the one or more brackets are configured to provide a primary connection and a secondary connection for securing the cord reel to the wall.

20. The assembly of claim 19 , wherein the primary connection comprises one or more first bolts depending from the wall, the one or more first bolts pass through the base plate to form a direct bolted connection between the wall and the cord reel through the one or more brackets.

21. The assembly of claim 20 , wherein the secondary connection comprises one or more second bolts depending from the wall, the one or more second bolts secure the one or more brackets to the enclosure with the one or more brackets supporting the base plate to form an indirect bolted connection between the wall and the cord reel via the one or more brackets.

22. The assembly of claim 19 , wherein the secondary connection comprises one or more second bolts depending from the wall, the one or more second bolts secure the one or more brackets to the enclosure with the one or more brackets supporting the base plate to form an indirect bolted connection between the wall and the cord reel via the one or more brackets.

23. A cord reel assembly, comprising:
a cord reel having a base plate;
a cord wound on the cord reel;
a plenum rated enclosure that is open at a bottom edge, the bottom edge extending outward of the enclosure, wherein the enclosure, above the bottom edge, seals an area within the enclosure from an exterior of the enclosure in an airtight manner so that the enclosure is positionable outside of a finished space with the bottom edge in the finished space;
a door at the bottom edge to selectively open and close the enclosure, wherein the door has an opening defined therethrough; and
one or more brackets securing the base plate of the cord reel to a wall of the enclosure so that the cord reel is housed in the enclosure with the cord extending through the opening into the finished space when the door closes the enclosure.

24. A cord reel assembly, comprising:
a cord reel having a base plate;
a plenum rated enclosure being open at a bottom edge, the base plate being secured in the enclosure, wherein the enclosure, above the bottom edge, seals an area within the enclosure from an exterior of the enclosure in an airtight manner;
a door at the bottom edge to selectively close the enclosure, the door having an opening passing through a door edge;
a cord wound on the cord reel, the cord reel being secured in the enclosure so that the cord extends through the opening when the door closes the enclosure; and
an edge cover removably attached at the door edge to selectively close the opening at the door edge.

Assignees

• Hubbell Inc

Inventors

• Thomas Benny
• Itzler Roy
• Abby Marjana Marovic

Classifications

• B65H75/4471 Primary

  Housing enclosing the reel · CPC title

• B65H75/446 Primary

  for releasably or permanently attaching the frame to a wall, on a floor or on a post or the like · CPC title

• H02G3/381

  in ceilings · CPC title

• H02G3/383

  in floors · CPC title

• H02G11/02

  using take-up reel or drum · CPC title