Spool assembly and method of assembly
AssigneeScientific Anglers LLC
InventorsJoshua Herbert Jenkins, Jeffrey Nelson Noble
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Abstract
A spool configured to support a roll of material. The spool comprises an arbor, a first flange, and a second flange. The first flange includes a first plurality of flange panels that are rotatably connected to respective arbor panels of the arbor at a first arbor edge of the arbor. The second flange is connected to a second arbor edge of the arbor. The first flange is configured to transition between a retention configuration and an open configuration. In the retention configuration, the roll of material is substantially prevented from removal from the arbor along an arbor axis by the first and second flanges. In the open configuration, the roll of material is removable from the arbor and receivable on the arbor in the arbor direction.
Claims20
A spool for supporting a roll of material, the spool comprising:
- an arbor that extends about an arbor axis, the arbor including a plurality of arbor panels connected to each other and spaced about the arbor axis, wherein first and second arbor panels of the plurality of arbor panels each include a first arbor edge, and wherein a third arbor panel of the plurality of arbor panels includes a second arbor edge, wherein the first arbor edges of the first and second arbor panels are spaced from the second arbor edge of the third panel in an arbor direction, the arbor direction being substantially parallel to the arbor axis;
- a first flange that includes a first plurality of flange panels, wherein a first flange panel of the first plurality of flange panels is rotatably connected to the first arbor edge of the first arbor panel, and wherein a second flange panel of the first plurality of flange panels is rotatably connected to the first arbor edge of the second arbor panel;
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- a second flange connected to the second arbor edge of the third arbor panel,
- wherein the first flange is configured to transition between a retention configuration and an open configuration, wherein in the retention configuration, the first and second flange panels of the first plurality of flange panels extend from the respective first arbor edges to a retention height, and wherein in the open configuration, the first and second flange panels of the first plurality of flange panels extend from the respective first arbor edges to an open height, the retention height and the open height extending in a flange direction, the flange direction being substantially perpendicular to the arbor axis, and
- wherein the retention height is greater than the open height, wherein in the retention configuration, the roll of material is substantially prevented from removal from the arbor along the arbor axis by the first and second flanges, and wherein in the open configuration, the roll of material is removable from the arbor in the arbor direction.
A method of assembling a paperboard spool from a one-piece paperboard blank, the method comprising:
- connecting a first arbor panel of a plurality of arbor panels to a second arbor panel of the plurality of arbor panels, wherein the first and second arbor panels form at least a portion of an arbor that extends about an arbor axis;
- forming a first flange panel crease line between the first arbor panel and a first flange panel of a first plurality of flange panels such that the first flange panel is rotatable relative to the first arbor panel;
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- forming a second flange panel crease line between the second arbor panel and a second flange panel of the first plurality of flange panels such that the second flange panel is rotatable relative to the second arbor panel,
- wherein the first plurality of flange panels compose a first flange that is configured to transition between a retention configuration and an open configuration, wherein in the retention configuration, the first and second flange panels of the first plurality of flange panels extend from the respective first and second arbor edges to a retention height, and wherein in the open configuration, the first and second flange panels of the first plurality of flange panels extend from the respective first and second arbor edges to an open height, the retention height and the open height extending in a flange direction from the arbor axis, the flange direction being substantially perpendicular to the arbor axis, and
- wherein the retention height is greater than the open height, wherein in the retention configuration, the roll of material is substantially prevented from removal from the arbor along the arbor axis by the first flange and a second flange, the first flange being spaced from the second flange along an arbor direction that is substantially parallel to the arbor axis, and wherein in the open configuration, the roll of material is removable from the arbor along the arbor axis in the arbor direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.