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.
Claims19
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 spaced about the arbor axis, wherein the plurality of arbor panels each include a first arbor edge and a second arbor edge spaced from the first arbor edge via the arbor along the arbor axis;
- a first flange connected to the arbor;
- and
- a second flange connected to the arbor wherein the first and second flanges are spaced from each other via the arbor along the arbor axis,
- wherein the first flange is configured to transition between a retention configuration and an open configuration, and
- wherein the plurality of arbor panels comprises first, second, and third arbor panels in a substantially triangular shape, wherein the third arbor panel is positioned circumferentially between the first and second arbor panels, wherein the third arbor panel further includes a first inner edge and a second inner edge, wherein the first inner edge is connected to the first arbor panel and the second inner edge is connected to the second arbor panel.
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;
- 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, and
- forming a first arbor crease line between the second arbor panel and a third arbor panel of the plurality of arbor panels, wherein the first, second, and third arbor panels form at least a portion of the arbor,
- wherein a first flange comprising the first plurality of flange panels is connected to the arbor and is configured to transition between a retention configuration and an open configuration, and wherein a second flange is connected to the arbor and is spaced from the first flange via the arbor along the arbor axis.
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 spaced about the arbor axis, wherein the plurality of arbor panels each include a first arbor edge and a second arbor edge spaced from the first arbor edge via the arbor along the arbor axis;
- a first flange connected to the arbor;
- and
- a second flange connected to the arbor wherein the first and second flanges are spaced from each other via the arbor along the arbor axis,
- wherein the first flange is configured to transition between a retention configuration and an open configuration, and
- wherein the first flange comprises a first plurality of flange panels, wherein a first flange panel of the first plurality of flange panels is a first inner flange panel, and wherein a second flange panel of the first plurality of flange panels is a second inner flange panel, the spool further comprising:
- a first outer flange panel of the first plurality of flange panels rotatably connected to an edge of the first inner flange panel;
- and
- a second outer flange panel of the first plurality of flange panels rotatably connected to an edge of the second inner flange panel,
- wherein the first outer flange panel is rotatably connected to the second outer flange panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.