US 12,304,766 B2Granted

Reusable reel holder and bag with reusable reel holder

AssigneePpc Broadband, Inc.

InventorsBrian Honsinger, Noah P. Montena, Peter A. Carapella

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Abstract

A reel holder includes a first reel holder member including a first frame member and a first ring member a second reel holder member including a second frame member and a second ring member. The first ring member is configured to be coupled with the first frame member such that the first ring member is configured to be rotatable relative to the first frame member, and the second ring member is configured to be coupled with the second frame member such that the second ring member is configured to be rotatable relative to the second frame member. The first ring member is configured to be coupled with a first flange of a reel, and the second ring member is configured to be coupled with a second flange of reel. The first ring member is configured to rotate relative to the first frame member when the reel is rotated, the second ring member is configured to rotate relative to the second frame when the reel is rotated. The first ring member includes protrusions configured to extend through the first flange of the reel, a radially outer surface of each of the protrusions is configured to support an inner surface of a hub of the reel, the second ring member includes protrusions configured to extend through the second flange of the reel, and a radially outer surface of each of the protrusions is configured to support the inner surface of the hub.

Claims28

Dependent claims

A reusable reel holder comprising:

a first reel holder member including a first frame member and a first ring member;
and
a second reel holder member including a second frame member and a second ring member;
wherein the first ring member is configured to be coupled with the first frame member such that the first ring member is configured to be rotatable relative to the first frame member;
wherein the second ring member is configured to be coupled with the second frame member such that the second ring member is configured to be rotatable relative to the second frame member;
wherein the first ring member is configured to be coupled with a first flange of a reel of cable;
wherein the second ring member is configured to be coupled with a second flange of the reel of cable;
wherein the first ring member is configured to rotate relative to the first frame member when the reel is rotated;
wherein the second ring member is configured to rotate relative to the second frame member when the reel is rotated;
wherein the first ring member includes protrusions configured to extend through openings in the first flange of the reel, and a radially outer surface of each of the protrusions is configured to bear against an inner surface of a drum of the reel that extends between the first flange and the second flange of the reel;
wherein the second ring member includes protrusions configured to extend through openings in the second flange of the reel, and a radially outer surface of each of the protrusions is configured to bear against the inner surface of the drum of the reel;
and
wherein the first ring member includes a radial outer portion configured to engage an outer surface of the first flange of the reel radially outward of the drum to prevent deformation of the first flange;
wherein the second ring member includes a radial outer portion configured to engage an outer surface of the second flange of the reel radially outward of the drum to prevent deformation of the second flange;
wherein the first ring member is configured to include radially extending support structures configured to engage the outer surface of the first flange of the reel radially outward of the drum to prevent deformation of the first flange;
wherein the second ring member is configured to include radially extending support structures configured to engage the outer surface of the second flange of the reel radially outward of the drum to prevent deformation of the second flange;
and
wherein the first ring member is configured to be removed from the first flange of a reel of cable, and the second ring member is configured to be removed from a second flange of a reel of cable such that the reel can be removed from the reusable reel holder to permit a new reel to be mounted on the reusable reel holder.

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A reusable reel holder comprising:

a first reel holder member including a first frame member configured to be rotatingly coupled with a first ring member;
and
a second reel holder member including a second frame member configured to be rotatingly coupled with a second ring member;
wherein the first ring member is configured to be coupled with a first flange of a reel of cable;
wherein the second ring member is configured to be coupled with a second flange of the reel of cable;
wherein the first ring member includes protrusions configured to extend through the first flange of the reel, and a radially outer surface of each of the protrusions is configured to bear against an inner surface of a drum of the reel that extends between the first flange and the second flange of the reel;
wherein the second ring member includes protrusions configured to extend through the second flange of the reel, and a radially outer surface of each of the protrusions is configured to bear against the inner surface of the drum of the reel;
and
wherein the first ring member is configured to engage an outer surface of the first flange of the reel radially outward of the drum to prevent deformation of the first flange;
wherein the second ring member is configured to engage an outer surface of the second flange of the reel radially outward of the drum to prevent deformation of the second flange;
and
wherein the first ring member is configured to be removed from the first flange of a reel of cable, and the second ring member is configured to be removed from a second flange of a reel of cable such that the reel can be removed from the reusable reel holder to permit a new reel to be mounted on the reusable reel holder.

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A reusable reel holder comprising:

a first reel holder member including a first frame member configured to be rotatingly coupled with a first ring member;
and
a second reel holder member including a second frame member configured to be rotatingly coupled with a second ring member;
wherein the first ring member is configured to be coupled with a first flange of a reel of cable;
wherein the second ring member is configured to be coupled with a second flange of the reel of cable;
wherein the first ring member includes protrusions configured to extend through the first flange of the reel and to bear against an inner surface of a drum of the reel that extends between the first flange and the second flange of the reel;
wherein the second ring member includes protrusions configured to extend through the second flange of the reel and to bear against the inner surface of the drum of the reel;
and
wherein the first ring member is configured to engage an outer surface of the first flange of the reel radially outward of the drum to prevent deformation of the first flange;
and
wherein the second ring member is configured to engage an outer surface of the second flange of the reel radially outward of the drum to prevent deformation of the second flange.

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A reusable reel holder comprising:

a first reel holder portion including a first frame portion structurally configured to be rotatingly coupled with a first ring portion;
and
a second reel holder portion including a second frame portion structurally configured to be rotatingly coupled with a second ring portion;
wherein the first ring portion is structurally configured to be coupled with a first flange portion of a reel of cable;
wherein the second ring portion is structurally configured to be coupled with a second flange portion of the reel of cable;
wherein the first ring portion includes a support portion structurally configured to extend through the first flange of the reel and bear against an inner surface portion of a drum portion of the reel that extends between the first flange portion and the second flange portion of the reel so as to radially support the drum portion;
and
wherein the second ring portion includes a support portion structurally configured to extend through the second flange portion of the reel and bear against an inner surface portion of the drum portion of the reel so as to radially support the drum portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/666,545Filed 7 Feb 2022 · us provisional application
Priority: 5 Feb 2021
Published: US 2022/0250871 A111 Aug 2022
Granted: 20 May 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B65H 49/205
Package-supporting devices: hand-held or portable dispensers
B65H 49/322
Stands or frameworks: enclosing boxes with supporting means for the package or reel during unwinding
B65H 49/36
Unwinding or paying-out filamentary material; Supporting, storing or transporting packages from which filamentary material is to be withdrawn or…:…
B65H 2701/32
Handled filamentary material: optical fibres or optical cables