Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1917 — To Keep Phone Cord Straight. [ARTICLE]

To Keep Phone Cord Straight.

A new conrtlvance described in Scientific American promises to keep the kinks out of flexible telephone cords. The device consists of “two small composition parts turning on a central spindle, all inclosed in two brass shells or covers. Between the two rotating parts are two ball races that serve both as fractional bearings and as conducing means. The cord terminals are easily connected to the binding screws on each part, and there is ample room for a strain knot within each shell. The freedom of the swiveling of the two halves eliminates the snarling of the cord.” *>