Apparatus and method for spooling wire
AssigneeEncore Wire Corporation
InventorsJohn L. Rhoads, Kevin D. Rodgers
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Abstract
A reel apparatus comprising a pipe; an outer flange assembly comprising two outer support walls connected to the pipe and wherein each outer support wall comprises an inner wall and an outer wall; an inner flange assembly comprising two inner support walls, wherein the inner flange assembly is rotated relative to the outer flange assembly and the pipe and wherein each inner support wall comprises an inner wall and an outer wall; and a motor assembly connected to the inner flange assembly and outer flange assembly, wherein the motor assembly is physically connect to the outer flange assembly and wherein the motor assembly is rotationally connected to the inner flange assembly.
Claims20
A reel apparatus comprising:
- an outer flange assembly comprising a first outer support wall and second outer support wall;
- an inner flange assembly, wherein the inner flange assembly is rotated relative to the outer flange assembly;
- a flange gear attached to the inner flange assembly;
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- a motor assembly rotationally connected to the flange gear, wherein the motor assembly further comprises a motor gear;
- wherein the first outer support wall comprises an access hole and wherein the access hole has a diameter larger than a diameter of the motor gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.