US 11,634,299 B2 · Wire reels, components thereof, and related methods

Abstract

Embodiments provide reels comprising covers, wire hubs, and winding levers. The covers removably attach to casings and close spool apertures of the casings. The hubs spool wire into/out of the apertures via windows of the casings. Moreover, the hubs couple to the covers. Some levers operably couple to the covers. When stowed, the levers are within the perimeters of the covers. When deployed, the levers extend beyond the perimeters. The reels can also comprise the casings. Mounting bases of some reels can removably attach to the casings. Furthermore, some levers can pivot about hinges on the covers. Levers can comprise wind knobs at their ends and the covers can define apertures through which the knobs extend when stowed. Detents which retain the levers in the stowed position can be provided. Moreover, hubs can comprise the detents for engaging the levers when the levers are stowed.

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Dependent claims

A wire reel comprising:

a casing defining a wire spool aperture and a wire window;
a cover adapted to removably attach to the casing via a releasable attachment mechanism and to substantially close the wire spool aperture and defining a perimeter;
a wire hub adapted to spool wire into or out of the wire spool aperture via the wire window, the wire hub being coupled to the cover when the cover is removed from the casing;
a winding lever operably coupled to the cover and movable between a stowed position in which the winding lever is substantially adjacent to the cover and within the perimeter of the cover and a deployed position in which the winding lever extends beyond the perimeter of the cover;
a buckle adapted to accept a belt and to removably attach to the casing;
and
a wind knob coupled to the winding lever at a distal end of the winding lever, the cover defining a knob aperture through which the wind knob extends when the winding lever is in the stowed position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Wire reels, components thereof, and related methods

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