Apparatus for preventing the twisting of an electrical cord or cable

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES Referring to FIG.
1, there is shown the device 10 which apparatus or device has an input port 11 which is connected to an input cable 12.
The end of cable 12 terminates in a male telephone jack 14 which jack can be inserted into a telephone wall receptacle 15.
The housing 10 has an output port 16 which terminates in a cable 17 for connection to a telephone subset 20 via a conventional telephone jack 18.
Essentially, the apparatus 10 will prevent twisting of the line 17 during use of the telephone.
It is also noted that the apparatus 10 may be employed directly at the subset 20 to couple the handset 22 to the base 23 via the typical telephone cord 24 as shown in the embodiment of FIG.
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Hence the location of the unit 10 can be employed at many different locations associated with the telephone instrument.
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2, there is shown a cross sectional view of the housing 10.
Essentially, the housing 10 as indicated has an input port 11 and output port 16.
The cable 12 which in the case of a telephone line is a four-wire cable is directed through the input port 11 and terminates in a telephone jack 14 The housing has an internal hollow 30 with the output cable 17 directed through the output port 16 and terminates in a telephone jack 18.
It is, of course, understood that the length of cables 12 and 17 can be of any length desired.
Located within the housing are four ball bearing assemblies designated as 31, 32, 33 and 34.
As will be explained, each ball bearing assembly as 31 is associated and connected to an input wire from cable 12 and has an output wire connected thereto to form cable 17.
Hence the four ball bearing assemblies shown accommodate the four telephone wires, as will be explained.
Each of the bearing assemblies as 31 have an outer race which is rigidly secured to the housing 10.
The inner race which of course is rotatable with respect to the outer race is free to rotate.
The input cable 12 has a stop member such as a grommet 35 associated therewith to prevent pulling the cable from the housing